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chauffeurs and tour operators who have comeup with certain plausible solutions.

Hence, on Tuesday morning decisionswere made as to what will be done to allevi-ate the situation. A section of the back roadbehind the airport coming from Simeon An-tonio which leads to the airport will beclosed. They will divert the traffic to lead tothe main road near the Mahuma crossing.They will also create a temporary rotundahere to help with the traffic flow. In additionthey will create a few bypasses.

One bypass will be at the Wayaca Resi-dence to relieve the traffic going to Wayacafrom the highway. Another bypass will be atthe existing temporary rotunda to decreasethe intensity of traffic.

According to DOW road specialist, Mar-lon Croes, all of these will be temporarymeasures to help improve the situation whilealways ensuring the safety of all motorists.They promise to have all the changes readyby Friday morning!

On Tuesday the Minister ofTransport met with all theplayers relating to the situa-tion of the traffic at the tem-porary transit road in front ofthe airport to study what canbe done to improve or elimi-nate the constant bottlenecksat peak moments at this inter-section.

Everyone is aware of thestagnation of the traffic espe-cially on Fridays, Saturdaysand Sundays, which is cau -sing a great deal of irritationto motorists and tourists

alike. The objective of themeeting with the Ministerwas to find a quick solutionto the situation and to createsome kind of practical alter-native by Friday morning forthe latest.

Jurgen Benschop, Opera-tions Director of the Airport,indicated that the airport hasbeen monitoring the flow oftraffic in front of the airportsince the first day of thechanges in the road, and thatthey have noted that duringcertain hours of the day thetraffic simply backs up. Theyalso touched base with taxi

Traffic solution at Airportpromised for Friday

CaraCas :aFP photo shows Peruvian Foreign affairsMinister rafael roncagliolo (L) shaking hands with thePresident of the Venezuelan National Electoral CenterTibisay Lucena, during a signing of agreements cere-mony in Caracas on august 22, 2012. The Union of southamerican Nations (UNasUr) signed an agreement withVenezuela's National Electoral Center to witness thecountry's presidential elections to be held next October7. The organization has decided to act as an accompa-nier in accordance with the model used by Venezuela’sNational Electoral Council (CNE). since 2006, the CNEhas used electoral accompaniment as opposed to ob-servation, the latter being more common in countries ex-periencing conflicts or with questionable electoralsystems. Venezuela’s own system is fully audited.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

UNASUR Electoral Council

to witness Venezuelan vote

lots more.The Minister was truly im-

pressed with the production ofeach student and decided to re-ward them with a practical andeducational product. Now thatthey have received their prizes,their video clips can be madepublic for everyone to enjoy.The video clips were edited bySteven who enjoys his hobbyof digital editing.

The winning video clip, DiMi E Ta...Cuid’e will beshown on TeleAruba and ATVand can also be seen onwww.youtube.com (search:dimi e ta cuide).

family and former teachers andhead master, Julian Pers. Su-layka Roga-Tromp a formerteacher of the winners was alsoproud to be there to congratu-late her former students.

The students were told thatthey would receive a fabulousprize if they win. But, HannahBuenaventura, Dailinis Toro,Crystal Harms, Lucielle Hoekand Steven de Windt, couldhardly believe their eyes whenthe Minister presented eachwith a tablet. The tablet in-cludes a dictionary which theycan use offline, some games,the option for networking, and

received from the Minister, adelicious cupcake treat withthe logo ...Cuid’e on it. That iswhen he announced that someof their former colleagues hadwon the competition. The win-ners themselves were not thereat the time, and found outabout their winning later thatafternoon. This is because theyno longer attend the ColegioBon Bini as they graduated tothe 6th Grade and moved on totheir new school.

That afternoon the Ministerreturned to the school to meetwith the winners, their friends,

mises. And, to alsoget families andfriends to join in thesame effort.

The first part ofthe campaign whichwas launched twomonths ago was forchildren to create avideo clip to partic-ipate in a competi-tion. The campaignwas well receivedby the children andlast week 5 youngchildren from Cole-gio Bon Bini inMadiki became the

absolute winners of the videoclip competition. Each childdemonstrated great talent indifferent areas of their produc-tions, including directing, act-ing and even in editing!

On Tuesday morning eachchild from Bon Bini College

Just recently, Minister of Edu-cation, Arthur Dowers, begana campaign with the slogan...Di Mi E Ta, Cuid’e (It’sMine,...Take Care of it). Theobjective was to create aware-ness among school children totake care of their school pre -

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in with some financial assis-tance. Also contributing is theAruba Bank and the ArubaChess Federation. These to-gether were able to help withthe purchase of plane tickets.Lodging and local accommo-dations, meals and trans-portation are always coveredby the host country.

We wish our local Chessplayers much success inTurkey. Everyone interestedin following the games cansee them at: http://www.ches-solympiadistanbul.com/

as the captain.The female selection con-

sists of Manuelle Dania,WCM Claudia Carrero, An-nelaine Jacobs and MariaPaula de Mey, with CM Ray-mond Dijkhoff serving ascaptain.

The fact that out of the 9players 5 are under 20 yearsof age is indicative that Chessis growing among our youth.While most of the players arecarrying their own travel ex-penses, we must mention thatthe government has pitched

parti cipated in internationaltournaments, such as the Subzonal Ecuador, Pan-Ameri-can U-20 in Brazil, the Cura-cao Chess Festival, and thePan-American U-16 in Peru.Our results are improvingsteadily, demonstrating thatAruba is a country to reckonwith in the game of Chess.

The Open selection con-sists of CM Octavio Croes,Jose “Chelo” Pesqueira, JuanPablo de Mey, Quintin vander Seijp y drs.Enrique Ja-copucci. Rigo Tromp serves

impressively with Chess andhave improved our resultsconsiderably in the last 3Olympics. Three of our maleplayers have returned withthe international title of Can-didate Master. Those whoachieved this distinction are:Raymundo Dijkhoff, JusteLopez and Ahmid Juddan.The only female player towin a title is Claudia Carrero,who earned the Woman Can-didate Master title.

This year several playersof two national selections

On Sunday, the Aruba na-tional Chess open femaleteam is leaving for Istanbul,Turkey to participate in the40th World Olympic Chesswhere 1500 Chess playersfrom over 160 countries willgather for the games. TheOlympics will begin on Au-gust 27th and will continueuntil September 10th. Some11 turns will be played (oneturn per day) with two daysof rest.

Every two years, the bestChess players of the worldmeasure their skill with oth-ers during the two weeks ofthe top Chess event of theworld. This is the 6th timethat Aruba is participating inan open selection. Otherevents were: Yugoslavia2002, Mallorca 2004, Italia2006, Germany 2008 andRussia 2010. Aruba also par-ticipated three times with afemale selection, namely, inGermany 2008, and Russia2010

Notwithstanding Aruba’ssmall size, during the pastdecade we have developed

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Aruban Chess team on their way to Istanbul, Turkey

tents around the Haitian capitalof Port-au-Prince, which couldsee intense rain of up to 20inches, flooding and mudslides.

The storm, churning westat 21 mph and packing 45 mphwinds, was expected tostrengthen over the next se -veral days and remain on agenerally westward track. Butas the weekend approaches,there is more uncertainty aboutIsaac’s direction – and itsthreat to South Florida.

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Most of South Florida was in-side Tropical Storm Isaac’s“cone’’ yesterday but the threatto Caribbean islands, particu-larly Haiti, was more clear andimmediate.

Yesterday, the NationalHurricane Center reported thatIsaac was crossing the Lee-ward Islands, on a path thatwould take it south of PuertoRico toward a landfall some-time Friday on the island ofHispaniola, shared by the Do-minican Republic and Haiti.Some 400,000 people live in

Isaac better organized, still

threat for South Florida

ner during the tournament onat least two occasions.

The golf course will beclosed to public play duringthe three days of the tourna-ment, but spectators are wel-come to watch the inter -national coterie of players inaction on the greens. The finalaward dinner will take place onSunday evening, August 26. Atthat time, they will observe theannual traditions of handingover a check to some worthyfoundation, comprised of do-nations collected over theweekend. This year’s recipientof the Aruba International Pro-Am Golf Tournament will beClown Doctors Aruba, whichhas clown troupes visit chil-dren in the hospital to entertainand lift their spirits.

By Rosalie Klein

there will be a lot of things forthem to do beyond the golfcourse.”

International media is alsoexpected, providing coveragefrom popular golfing maga-zines from the U.S., Europeand Latin America. Represen-tatives from major local spon-sors Balashi, De Palm Tours,Maggy’s Emporium and EZ-Go, were present for the an-nouncement of the upcomingevent.

Pros and teams will be ar-riving from the U.S., PuertoRico, Bermuda, the Domin-can Republic, Curacao, Vene -zuela, Brazil, and Bolivia forthe opening night event onFriday the 24th, with spouses.This year, four teams will

represent Aruba, one of themheaded by Adam Williamson,who has been a first place win-

Organizers of the annual ArubaInternational Pro-Am GolfTournament announced thatpros and players from aroundthe world will be arriving inthe next few days, to be offi-cially welcomed to the TierraDel Sol Country Club and GolfCourse for the 18th edition ofthis exciting event.

Amayra Boekhoudt, repre-senting the Aruba Tourism Au-thority and Adam Williamson,head golf pro for TDS, proudlydisplayed the trophy plates andfirst place cup that players willwin this year; each tournamentsports a uniquely designed tro-phy.

This year they expect 30four-man teams of amateurs tocompete, each one captainedand mentored by a notable golfpro. Competitors from ten na-tions will be taking to the fair-ways on Saturday morning,August 25, at 7:00 AM, thenagain at 2:00 PM. Amateurswill play a four-man scrambleand the pros will play theirown ball.

“This year we have ex-panded the extracurricular ac-tivities to truly showcaseAruba’s many attractions,”commented Adam. “Visitingplayers bring their families and

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official court notification of theruling before considering itsnext steps.

The first GM soy seedswere illegally smuggled intoBrazil from neighboring Ar-gentina in 1998 when their usewas officially banned and sub-ject to prosecution.

The ban has since beenlifted and 85 percent of Brazil'ssoybean crop (25 millionhectares or 62 million acres), isnow genetically modified,making Brazil the world's sec-ond producer and exporter, be-hind the United States.

court ruling but a representa-tive refused to comment on thedecision issued yesterday, say-ing the company was awaiting

aganda," dubbing the scientificbenefits of Monsanto's productas "very questionable."

Monsanto can appeal the

BRASILIA (AFP) - A Brazil-ian court fined US biotechgiant Monsanto $250,000 yes-terday for what a judge saidwas the company's misleadingadvertising concerning GMsoy.

Monsanto released an ad-vert lauding GM seeds in 2004-- a time when their use inBrazil was banned -- suggest-ing that they benefited the en-vironment.

But Judge Jorge AntonioMaurique in Porto Alegre, cap-ital of Rio Grande do Sul state,slammed the commercial as"abusive and misleading prop-

SAN NICOLAS -- EveryThursday evening, islandersflock to San Nicolas to enjoythe fabulous bargains and en-tertainment of the CarubbianFestival, a mix of Aruban andCaribbean traditions keptalive by the multi-culturalmake up of Aruba’s “SunriseCity.”

Originally populated by thethousands that came from allover the Caribbean to work atthe refinery, the town has sa-vored and preserved the food,music and dance that manybrought with them from theirvarious regions. The festival,from 6:00 to 9:15 p.m., revelsin the diverse background ofSan Nicolas, offering uniquedishes and be v erages, alongwith a full eve ning of islandentertainment.

A full roster of some ofAruba’s finest criollo enter-tainers follows including fok-loric musical groups, dancegroups solo singers, limbodance by “Miguel Philips”and Carnival show by“Carna-Aruba,” and this isonly on the main stage!

Scattered throughout themain street of San Nicolas areperformance areas surroundby seating where you can set-tle in with an island snack ordinner, including music bysteel pan and Brass band.”

Island visitors can enjoythe Carubbian festival as partof a complete package avail-able at all De Palm andconcierge desks, which in-clude transportation. You cancustomize you evening bypurchasing with or withoutfood and refreshments. A va-riety of local handicrafts areoffered for sale and the eventguarantees a good time forall, with an authentic intro-duction to the island experi-ence.


CarubbianFestival istonight!

Brazil fines Monsanto $250,000 for misleading ad

the massacre. It contained ele-ments about his ideology, hislife and details of how he rea -died himself for the attacks.

He wants to be found saneso that his beliefs will not beconsidered the ravings of a lu-natic, and has said he wouldnot appeal the case if judgesrule that he is of sound mind.

Even though Breivik hasconfessed to the crimes, hepleaded not guilty and said hisacts were "cruel but necessary"to protect Norway from themulticulturalism his victimshad embraced.

A first court-ordered psy-chiatric evaluation concludedhe was suffering from a psy-chosis, which would mean hewould be sent to a mental asy-lum.

But a second opinion foundhe was sane enough to be con-sidered criminally responsible,meaning he could be sentencedto prison.

Regardless of the verdict,Breivik is expected to live avery regimented life at thehigh-security Ila prison nearOslo, which is building a newwing to serve as a mini-hospi-tal in case he is ordered to un-dergo psychiatric care.

Yesterday, the facility pub-lished photographs giving apeek into Breivik's currentconditions at the prison.

He has access to three cells,each measuring eight squaremeters (86 square feet), withone to sleep in, one for physi-cal exercise, and one work-space that has a laptop --without internet -- nailed to adesk.

he spent more than an hourgunning down another 69 peo-ple, mostly teenagers, attend-ing a Labour Party youthcamp.

Breivik has confessed to thekillings but his 10-week trialwas one of the most com-pelling in Norway's history asthe court tried to delve into hismind to determine whether heis sane or not.

Another of Breivik'slawyers, Tord Jordet, told thetabloid Verdens Gang that hisclient is working on a sort ofautobiography, which wouldcontain details on how he pre-pared for the attacks and reve-lations about the mysteriousKnights Templar organisation.

The book would focus onhis life as of 2002, whenBreivik claims he began hisideological crusade as part ofthe Knights Templar, thoughpolice have never been able toconfirm the existence of thenetwork of far-right militantsthat Breivik claims to havefounded in London.

The book "will containmore information than what hetold the police," Jordet said,adding that it would be writtenin English and finished nextyear, although it is not yetknown whether it would bepublished.

Breivik is also reportedlyknown to be working on twoother books, one on his ideo -logy and another on his visionof the future.

The gunman has presentedhimself to the court as a writerand published a 1,500-pagemanifesto online just before

OSLO (AFP) -- Norwegiangunman Anders BehringBreivik wants to address anOslo court after it hands downits verdict against him, and iswriting an autobiography de-tailing how he prepared for hishorrific attacks, his lawyerssaid yesterday.

The Oslo district court is toannounce Friday whether the33-year-old right-wing extrem-ist will be sent to prison or aclosed psychiatric ward for theJuly 22, 2011 attacks thatkilled 77 people.

"He thought about what hewanted to say to the judges andso has prepared a few lines forevery outcome," Breivik'slawyer Geir Lippestad told thedaily newspaper Aftenposten.

It remains however uncer-tain if Breivik will be allowedto make any remarks on Fri-day.

During his 10-week trialthat concluded in June, thecourt was wary of givingBreivik a platform to expresshis Islamophobic and anti-multicultural ideology, but onseveral occasions allowed himto speak at length.

On July 22, 2011, Breivikset off a car bomb outside thegovernment offices in Oslo,killing eight people, beforegoing to the island of Utoeya,northwest of the capital, where

cases, followed by Mississippi,Louisiana, South Dakota andOklahoma, and advised Ame -ricans to take measures to pre-vent mosquito bites.

It said the number of casesis the highest recorded by thethird week of August since thevirus was first detected heremore than a decade ago, andthat it expects the toll to rise.

"Typically we see a peak inthe West Nile virus seasonaround the middle of August,and it takes some time for casesto get reported to us," CDCspokeswoman Candice BurnsHoffman told AFP. "We are ex-pecting that in the comingweeks we will see more cases."

The entire year of 2011 sawjust 712 cases and 43 deaths,the CDC said.

The outbreak has been con-centrated in and around Dallas,Texas, where authorities lastweek began using aircraft tospray pesticide.

Texas has had a total of 537cases this year, causing 19deaths, according to the CDC.Neighboring Louisiana hashad six deaths out of 73 totalcases.

Hoffman said the best wayto prevent infection was towear bug repellent and longsleeves, and to avoid goingoutside at dawn and dusk,when mosquitoes are most ac-tive.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUnited States has seen at least1,118 cases of West Nile virusthis year, the most since themosquito-borne disease wasfirst detected in 1999, with 41deaths, authorities said yester-day.

The Center for DiseaseControl said Texas alone ac-counted for almost half of all

of bitter clashes between therival groups in the remote areaof Kenya.

It was not clear whatsparked the attack, but the twocommunities have clashed be-fore over the use of land andwater resources, although thescale and intensity of thekillings shocked police.

The attack happened in theReketa area of Tarassa inKenya's south-east, close to thecoast and some 300 kilometres(185 miles) from the Kenyancapital Nairobi.

"Clashes over pasture havebeen recurrent in this region,"said national police spokesmanEric Kiraithe.

The Pokomo are a largelysettled farming people, plant-ing crops along the Tana River,while the Orma are largely cat-tle-herding pastoralists.

"Our investigations haveshown that it is the Pokomowho attacked the Orma people,who live on an island" in theriver, Kitur added.

NAIROBI (AFP) - At least 52Kenyans were hacked or burntto death in ethnic clashes be-tween two rival groups, theworst single attack since deadlypost-election violence fouryears ago, police said yesterday.

Police revised an earlierdeath toll of 48 after severalpeople died of injuries sus-tained during the attack.

"Four more people havedied, in addition to the 48 whodied on the spot," said regionaldeputy police chief JosephKitur.

Speaking earlier, Kitur saidof the attack, which took placelate Tuesday between thePokomo and Orma peoples inthe rural Tana River district: "Itis a very bad incident.... Theyinclude 31 women, 11 childrenand six men."

"34 were hacked to deathand 14 others were burnt todeath," Kitur said, while se -veral huts were torched after agang of men launched the at-tack, the latest in a long history


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

INDONESIA, Lindu : Photograph taken on August 21,2012, shows the ruins of a house in Lindu village locatedin central Indonesian island of Sulawesi as rescuersreached the isolated areas following a powerful 6.3-mag-nitude earthquake. The death toll has risen to six while43 people are injured and more than 400 homes dam-aged. The quake struck on August 19 near the mountain-ous districts of Central Sulawesi province, where accesshad been cut off by landslides.

Over 50 Kenyans hacked,

burned to death

US sees record spike in West Nilevirus cases

Breivik prepares comments forverdict hearing

lande and his Interior MinisterManuel Valls came under firethis summer for sanctioningthe dismantling of severalRoma camps and repatriatinghundreds of their residents toBulgaria and Romania.

Several leading Socialists,Green members of the govern-ment and Roma rights groupscriticised them for continuingthe controversial policies ofthe right-wing former presi-dent Nicolas Sarkozy.

The Council of Europerights watchdog on Tuesdayurged France to "go beyondshort-term measures" for itsRoma population, whileAmnesty International yester-day said France should stopdismantling illegal campswithout first finding alternativelodgings for those evicted.

But Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault's office said afteryesterday's talks that breakingup camps "continued to be le-gitimate if this is carried outafter a court order or to put anend to a dangerous situation oran immediate health risk".

PARIS (AFP) - France's So-cialist government said yester-day it would continue itscontroversial policy of shuttingdown illegal Roma camps butwould also ease employmentrestrictions on Roma from Ro-mania and Bulgaria.

The announcements cameafter an emergency ministerialmeeting on the handling of anestimated 15,000 Roma cur-rently living in illegal andoften squalid camps acrossFrance.

Housing Minister CecileDuflot said after the talks thatthe government had agreed toabolish a charge of up to 300euros (375 dollars) that em-ployers currently have to payto employ Bulgarian or Ro-manian nationals.

The list of jobs these na-tionals can apply for will alsobe enlarged, she said.

The prime minister's officesaid in a statement that themuch-criticised dismantling ofillegal Roma camps will con-tinue if they are carried outafter a court order.

President Francois Hol-

concerns."UN Secretary General Ban

Ki-moon recently held talkswith Prime Minister NajibMikati on the crisis and "re-mains focused on protectingLebanon's stability and sover-eignty," Feltman said.

The United Nations has an11,500 strong peacekeepingforce in southern Lebanon topolice a buffer zone with Is-rael, which fought a devastat-ing war against Lebanon'sHezbollah movement in 2006.

Shiites in Lebanon's frac-tured multi-confessional popu-lation mainly support Assad'sAlawite-led government, whileSunnis back opposition rebels.The militant Hezbollah hasbeen a close ally of Assad.

Feltman."Tensions over domestic

and security concerns remainhigh throughout the countryand are easily exacerbated bydevelopments in Syria," Felt-man told a council meeting onthe Middle East.

Clashes in the Lebanesecity of Tripoli yesterday thatleft at least eight dead, the kid-nappings of Syrians inLebanon, and shelling acrossthe border have all heightenedconcern about Lebanon's sta-bility.

Feltman said the arrest of aformer Lebanese minister,Michel Samaha, for involve-ment in smuggling explosivesfrom Syria had also "deepenedconcerns about attempts todraw Lebanon into regional

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -The United Nations yesterdaycalled for greater internationalsupport to protect an increas-ingly divided Lebanon fromfallout from the civil war inneighboring Syria.

Deadly clashes in Lebanonbetween supporters and oppo-nents of Syria's PresidentBashar al-Assad have high-lighted the need for interna-tional action, the UN's politicalchief told the Security Council.

"As the crisis in Syria con-tinues to deteriorate, the situa-tion in Lebanon has becomemore precarious and the needfor continued internationalsupport to the government andthe Lebanese Armed Forces in-creasingly important," saidunder secretary general Jeffrey

UN fears Syria conflict could spill

over into Lebanon

The UN official added thatSecretary General Ban Ki-moon "has repeatedly ex-pressed his concern about thearms flows to the two parties inSyria which in some cases ap-pear to violate resolution1747."

UN resolution 1747 bannedIran, which is a key ally ofSyria's President Bashar al-Assad, from making arms ex-ports. Iran could face sanctionsfor breaches of the resolution.

The United States has ac-cused Iran of training Syrianpro-regime militia.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -A top UN official said yester-day that Iran could be breakingUN resolutions by sendingarms to Syria.

But Jeffrey Feltman, theUN's political affairs chief,highlighted the global body'sconcern about arms going toboth sides in the Syrian civilwar.

Feltman told a UN SecurityCouncil meeting on the MiddleEast that "the Syrian peopleare suffering grievously fromthe appalling further milita-rization" of the 17-month-oldconflict.


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UN official: Iran linked to

Syria arms

RAFAH : A view of soldiers from the Egyptian army destroying the infraestructure ofsmuggling tunnels along the Egypt-Gaza border is seen from Rafah, southern GazaStrip, on August 22, 2012, as sources in Cairo suggested some of the gunmen fromthe attack on Egyptian troops in northern Sinai on August 8, that killed 16 soldiers, hadentered Sinai through the tunnels. The tunnels trade, which analysts estimate is worthhalf a billion dollars a year, brings a wide variety of goods, including food, fuel andbuilding materials, into the coastal territory which has been under an Israeli blockadesince 2006. (AFP PHOTO)

Official: France to continueshutting down Roma camps

explanation for the results.The primary reasons out-

lined in the study for the in-creased risk for women are thedisruptions of neuroendocrineand immune system function-ing and increased or prolongedcortisol and sympathetic hor-mone release in reaction tostress; and changes in diet andenergy expenditure, possiblyas coping mechanisms.

The researchers followed7,443 women working inCanada's Ontario provincewith no previous diagnoses fordiabetes.

Their results, published thisweek in the journal of Occupa-tional Medicine, showed that19 percent of cases of diabetesin women are due to "low jobcontrol," which is higher thanthat for smoking, drinking orlow physical activity, butlower than for obesity.

nine-year study by researchersat the Institute for Work andHealth and the Institute forClinical Evaluative Sciencesin Toronto, told AFP.

Smith suggested thatwomen under stress may be"more likely to turn to foodswith higher fat and sugar con-tent than men," as one possible

OTTAWA (AFP) - Work stressdoubles the risk of developingdiabetes for women who havelittle or no control over whatthey do on the job, accordingto a new Canadian study.

The same is not true for men."Men and women react dif-

ferently to workplace stress,"Peter Smith, lead author of the

Job stress doubles diabetes riskin women

banning abortion for allwomen even in the case ofrape," Obama campaignspokeswoman Lis Smith saidin a statement.

"Several Romney support-ers and advisers were presentand stood silently while thisvote took place. This shouldcome as no surprise, as MittRomney supported this exactlanguage in the 2004 and 2008Republican platforms and (hisrunning mate) Paul Ryanfought to ban abortion even incases of rape."

The platform, which wouldstill need ratification by theconvention's delegates, couldstand at odds with Romneyover the issue.

"Governor Romney andcongressman Ryan disagreewith Mr. Akin's statement, anda Romney-Ryan administra-tion would not oppose abor-tion in instances of rape,"Romney spokeswomanAmanda Henneberg said Mon-day.

Akin was abandoned by theRepublican establishmentafter Sunday, when he saidwomen rarely conceive as aresult of a "legitimate rape"because their bodies have thecapacity to prevent such apregnancy.

He quickly apologized, say-ing his comment was "ill-con-ceived and it was wrong," buton Tuesday he was still resist-ing pressure from within hisown party not to stand in theMissouri Senate race.

out, are Romney backers -- of-fered little debate and no newamendments to the platform,which embraced the same pro-life language of previous con-ventions in 2008, 2004 and2000.

CNN reported that it ob-tained a copy of the platformlanguage, which stated that"we assert the sanctity ofhuman life and affirm that theunborn child has a fundamen-tal individual right to lifewhich cannot be infringed."

Democrats swiftly brandedthe plan the "Akin amend-ment," in efforts to link it towhat Romney himself wasearlier forced to admit de-scribed as were Missouri con-gressman Todd Akin's"offensive" and "inexcusable"comments.

"Today, Republican leaderspassed the Akin amendment aspart of their party platform,

MIAMI (AFP) - A US Repub-lican panel Tuesday approveda rigid anti-abortion amend-ment, without exclusions forcases of rape or incest, as partof the party's platform to beunveiled at next week's na-tional convention.

The committee met inTampa, Florida, where theparty will gather to nominateMitt Romney to the Republi-can ticket, amid a nationalfuror after a lawmaker's re-marks about rape that hasthrust abortion back into thespotlight.

The 110-member commit-tee passed a "human lifeamendment" that would banabortion and endow an "un-born child" with constitutionalprotections.

Committee members --many of whom, as PresidentBarack Obama's re-electioncampaign was quick to point


Health & Living

Nicklinson's family saidWednesday that he died peace-fully at their home in Melk-sham, western England,following a rapid deteriorationin his health after contractingpneumonia.

Wiltshire Police said theywere not involved in dealingwith the death and neither wasthe coroner, suggesting it wasnot suspicious.

A message from Nicklin-son's family on his Twitter ac-count read: "Before he died, heasked us to tweet: 'Goodbyeworld the time has come, I hadsome fun'."

In a statement issued by hislawyer after the ruling lastweek, Nicklinson said: "I amsaddened that the law wants tocondemn me to a life of in-creasing indignity and misery."

LONDON (AFP) - A Britishman left paralysed but fullyconscious and aware of hispredicament died Wednesday,days after losing a legal bid toend his life of "pure torture",his lawyers and family said.

Tony Nicklinson, 58, whohad locked in syndrome as aresult of a stroke on a businesstrip to Athens in 2005, died ofnatural causes, his family said.

On August 16, High Courtjudges dismissed his legalplea, unanimously ruling thatit would be wrong to departfrom a precedent that equatesvoluntary euthanasia withmurder.

After the verdict Nicklinsonbroke down in tears, saying hewas "devastated" by the deci-sion.

British locked-in syndromesufferer dies

US Republicans agree strictanti-abortion platform

notifies them that the domainname has been seized by fed-eral authorities.

"Cracking down on piracyof copyrighted works -- in-cluding popular apps -- is a toppriority of the (Justice Depart-ment) criminal division," saidAssistant Attorney GeneralLanny Breuer.

"Software apps have be-come an increasingly essentialpart of our nation's economyand creative culture, and thecriminal division is committedto working with our law en-forcement partners to protectthe creators of these apps and

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USauthorities have seized threewebsite domain names in-volved in distribution of pi-rated Android phone apps, inthe first such action involvingmobile app marketplaces.

The Justice Department an-nounced late Tuesday that theyacted under a court order incoordination with internationallaw enforcement, includingDutch and French officials,against applanet.net, app-bucket.net andsnappzmarket.com.

Visitors to the sites willnow find a seizure banner that

other forms of intellectualproperty from those who seekto steal it."

During an investigation,FBI agents downloaded thou-sands of copies of popularcopyrighted mobile deviceapps from the alternative on-line markets suspected of dis-tributing apps withoutpermission from the softwaredevelopers who would other-wise obtain commissions.

In most cases, the serversstoring the apps were beinghosted in other countries, andthe FBI was able to get helpfrom international law en-forcement in obtaining or seiz-ing evidence stored on theseservers.

Nine search warrants werealso executed in various partsof the United States as part ofan effort by the US Task Forceon Intellectual Property.

ROME (AFP) - A section of wall dating back to the early19th century overlooking one of Rome's most historicsquares -- Piazza del Popolo -- crumbled on Wednesdaydue to the heatwave that is sweeping Italy. Rome mayorGianni Alemanno visited the area where nine metres (30feet) of wall have been damaged on a winding road withpanoramic views over the Eternal City that connects thesquare to the Villa Borghese park on top of the hill. Theroad has been closed to traffic and Alemanno promisedthe damage would be repaired "in the coming days" andcost around 300,000 euros ($374,000). "This is a directconsequences of the extreme climate," Umberto Broc-coli, the administrator of Rome's cultural treasures, toldreporters. "First there was snow, then a very rainy winterand now a very dry summer." The wall was built as partof a vast project by neoclassical Italian architectGiuseppe Valadier (1762-1839) to create a panoramicpromenade in the centre of Rome and includes the fa-mous Pincio terrace in Villa Borghese.


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CHICAGO (AFP) - US cornand soybean prices closed atnew record highs Tuesday asa new survey showed worse-than-expected crop damagefrom a brutal drought acrossthe country's central bread-basket.

The price of corn jumped1.7 percent to $8.3875 abushel, while soybeans fin-ished at $17.3250 a bushel,up 2.8 percent from Tuesday.

That left the corn price up68 percent from June andsoybeans 39 percent higher.

An all-time record hot Julyaccompanied by nearly threemonths of extreme droughthave baked the country'sprime farmland in the mid-western and central states,where the world's largest cornand soybean crops are grown.

Prices jumped after reportsfrom the annual Pro FarmerMidwest Tour gave analystsand traders more bad news onthe state of the crops.

"Crops in western Ohioand eastern Indiana were farbelow the norm," said ProFarmer analyst Brian Grete.

Yields in South Dakotameanwhile were called "stun-ningly low."

"The Pro Farmer tour

sparked the rally" Tuesday,said Frank Cholly of RJO Fu-tures.

"They have a pretty goodpeg at final yields," he said.

The Pro Farmer estimateswere significantly lower thanthe US Department of Agri-culture's sharply slashed fore-casts from last week.

"We are getting less pro-duction from South America,so that forces buyers to go tothe US," driving up prices,Cholly added.

On August 10, the USDAsharply reduced its produc-tion forecast for the globallycrucial crops, saying outputwould likely be at the lowestlevel in six years.

Last week, they estimatedthat 50 percent of the corncrop was in poor or very poorcondition, compared to 15percent at the same time lastyear.

For soybeans, 39 percentof the crop was in poor con-dition or worse, compared to13 percent a year ago.

The drought has also hitfeeds for livestock like hay,forcing ranchers to trim theirherds, which analysts expectcould push up the price ofmeat in the coming year.

US corn, soy priceshit records asdrought lingers

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made to the existing law.But since the August 2011

deal -- a poison-pill agreementnever meant to remain in placebut to force a more palatabledeal between battling Democ-rats and Republicans -- politi-cians have not been able toagree on how to replace it.

And with the issues of debtand taxes at front and center inthe presidential election cam-paign, neither side is likely togive in on a compromise beforethe November 6 vote.

But that will give Congressonly a few weeks to reversefrom the fiscal-cliff course be-fore it is to come into effect be-ginning January 1 -- a fact thathas businesses, investors andpoliticians increasingly wor-ried.

If the fiscal-cliff policies arechanged, so that current taxpolicies largely stay in placeand the forced budget cuts donot take effect, the CBO pre-dicted the economy would re-main stronger in 2013 withgrowth around 1.7 percent andthe jobless rate at 8.0 percent.

However, it said, the gov-ernment's deficit would againhit $1 trillion, and governmentborrowing would continue toweigh on the economy over themedium term.

"fiscal cliff" because of thesharp return to recession alsopredicted by private-sectoreconomists -- would succeed incutting some $500 billion fromthe budget deficit next year.

The deficit was estimated at$1.1 trillion for this fiscal year,which ends on September 30,the CBO said. But the currenteconomic current growth tra-jectory of about 2.25 percentwould abruptly halt under thecurrent law, the Budget ControlAct of 2011, and the scheduledJanuary expiration of tempo-rary tax breaks.

"The outlook for the budgetdeficits, federal debt, and theeconomy are especially uncer-tain now because substantialchanges to tax and spendingpolicies are scheduled to takeeffect in January 2013," theCBO said.

"Fiscal tightening will leadto economic conditions in 2013that will probably be consid-ered a recession, with real GDPdeclining by 0.5 percent be-tween the fourth quarter of2012 and the fourth quarter of2013, and the unemploymentrate rising to about 9 percent,"it said.

The CBO gave alternative,more encouraging growth sce-narios should adjustments be

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUS Congress's budget analystssaid yesterday that current poli-cies designed to slash thebudget deficit after January 1will plunge the country into re-cession and push up jobless-ness.

The Congressional BudgetOffice said the budget planagreed in a political deal lastyear -- sharp cuts to spendingand tax increases that will hithousehold finances -- willcause the economy to shrink by0.5 percent next year.

It would also likely send theunemployment rate to 9.1 per-cent by the second half of2013, from the current already-high 8.3 percent, the CBO said.

The plan -- known as the

hammered out a package ofspending cuts in late April, justafter the Dutch governmenthanded in its resignation.

The Netherlands aims tosave 12.4 billion euros nextyear under the agreement,which was concluded fourdays after Prime MinisterMark Rutte's coalition threw inthe towel following a break-down in the negotiations.

Approved on April 26 bythe Dutch lower house, theausterity program includes cutsto the health care budget and awage freeze for governmentofficials.

But analysts say implemen-tation will depend on how thevote turns out and how quicklya new coalition governmentcan be formed.

Leading in many opinionpolls is the far-left party ofEmile Roemer, who opposesspending cuts, saying thedeficit target should be pushedback to 2015.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - TheDutch deficit will drop to 2.7percent of gross domesticproduct (GDP) next year, go -vernment planners said yester-day, bringing it back within theEU's official limit.

The estimate by the Cen-traal Planbureau (CPB) was0.2 percentage points lowerthan a previous forecast inJune of 2.9 percent. The CPBattributed the change to a cashwindfall linked to health careinsurance.

In 2011, the public deficitstood at 4.7 percent of GDP,well above the EuropeanUnion ceiling of 3.0 percent.

"The CPB expects thedeficit to reach 2.7 percent ofGDP in 2013, or 17 billioneuros ($21.2 billion)," a state-ment said three weeks beforethe country goes to parliamen-tary polls on September 12.

Under pressure from Brus-sels to get its deficit backunder 3.0 percent of output,five Dutch political parties

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AFP photo shows a seagull sitting before a cargo shipat an international cargo terminal in Tokyo on August 22,2012. Sagging export markets in Europe and Asia leftJapan with a much worse-than-expected trade deficit,figures showed yesterday, ringing alarm bells over theparlous state of the global economy.

LONDON (AFP) - The British royal family said Wednes-day nude photographs of Prince Harry cavorting withfriends on holiday in Las Vegas were genuine. The pho-tographs, published in the United States by celebritynews website TMZ.com, show the third-in-line to thethrone standing naked in a hotel suite. In one of the twophotographs, the 27-year-old is pictured, apparentlywearing only a watch and a necklace, covering his geni-tals with his hands while another person, who also ap-pears to be nude, stands close behind him. In the other,he is bent over bear-hugging a second person, who alsoappears to be naked. It is not clear if the person is a manor a woman. Clarence House confirmed to AFP onWednesday that the images were genuine. "At this timewe don't have a comment," a spokesman told AFP,adding: "We may do later." It is rare for Clarence Houseto confirm the validity of such images, which raise ques-tions about security surrounding the British royal. Thetwo images were taken at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegasafter a game of strip billiards last weekend, according toTMZ. Video has also been released from the same tripthat purports to show the prince racing US Olympicswimming gold medallist Ryan Lochte in the pool of anightclub in the hotel. Harry was in Las Vegas after host-ing a charity event in San Diego. Known for his playboyreputation, the prince has tried to distance himself fromthat lifestyle.

said.Guarnerius violins are con-

sidered among the world'sbest, ranked alongside thosemade by Stradivarius andAmati.

Horigome plays in citiesaround the world with topconductors and orchestras, in-cluding the London Sym-phony Orchestra, the NewYork Philharmonic and theBerliner Philharmoniker.

pened."She has

since sub-mitted doc-uments toprove herownershipof the vio-lin, but ne-got ia t ionshave beendifficult, theAsahi Shim-bun said,quoting themusician.

Horigome, who has workedin Europe for three decades,was also contacting the gov-ernments of Japan and Bel-gium to see if they could help,the Tokyo Shimbun said.

A spokesman for the Ger-man authorities has suggestedthat the violin might be re-turned if it is regarded as nec-essary for her job, the Yomiuri

TOKYO (AFP) - German cus-toms seized a $1.2 million vi-olin from a Japaneseprofessional musician and aredemanding she pay almost$500,000 to get it back, reportssaid on Wednesday.

Belgium-based YuzukoHorigome was transitingthrough Frankfurt Airport lastweek after performing inJapan, the top-selling YomiuriShimbun newspaper said.

When she tried to walkthrough the green gate for trav-ellers arriving in the EU withnothing to declare, customs of-ficers stopped her and said sheneeded to pay 190,000 euros induty on her 1741 Guarneriusviolin.

On top of this were fines,taking the total cost to an eye-popping 380,000 euros($475,000), the Tokyo Shim-bun said.

Customs confiscated thevaluable fiddle because shecould not provide the docu-ments for her 1986 purchase,the Yomiuri said.

"The instrument is a tool formy work. For musicians, in-struments are like parts of yourbodies," she told the Yomiuri."I have used Frankfurt Airportmany times and never hadproblems like this before. Idon't know why this hap-


German customs 'demand $500k formusician's violin'

left on a bus by a post officemessenger boy.

The recovered notes havebeen handed over to Heaton'snephew, David Hall, who, bycoincidence, had recentlybegun searching for his miss-ing uncle.

"After searching online, Ifound some information thatNational Express had releasedabout their discovery, forsomeone with the name Pri-vate Gordon Heaton," he ex-plained, according to theTimes newspaper.

"The information ties inwith our family so we knowit's definitely him.

"Although I'm pleased tomake the discovery, I'm taintedwith sadness to think a relativeof mine who was fighting forhis country died at the youngage of 21," he added.

LONDON (AFP) - A telegramfound during a clear-out at aBritish bus depot has solvedthe mystery of a soldier notseen since the D-Day landings,Britain's press reported onWednesday.

The family of Private Gor-don Heaton assumed theWorcestershire Regiment sol-dier had been killed in fightingfollowing the World War IIlandings, but could not under-stand why they had not re-ceived an official telegram.

However, the missing WarOffice telegraph was discov-ered last November during aclear-out of the lost propertydepartment at a bus depot inBirmingham, a family memberrecently realised.

The document, along with aletter containing the soldier'slast will and testament, were

Long-lost telegram solvesBritish soldier mystery

Nude photos of PrinceHarry are genuine:palace


Its all about the beef at MauteGrill in Paseo Herencia Mall; 100% USDA Prime Black

Angus Beef, to be precise, but prepared in thesingular Venezuelan manner by Chef

Alexander. Maute owners Omar andAlexandra were proudly showing

off a selection of their prime cutsand alternative dishes formedia; a tempting array of suc-culent beef cuts as well asunique dishes such as rabbit,

rack of lamb, salmon, freshmussels and crab claws and veal

chops, slow cooked and falling offthe bone.

Their extremely diverse menu can pro-vide some adventures in eating, as well as 28oz

of prime Porterhouse or T-bone steak for those with exceptionallyhearty appetites and a dedication to red meat. Even the

rib eye and filet mignon are exceptionally large, anda number of cuts can be ordered for two.

The restaurant provides a very charmingambiance, with the gentle strains of typicalVenezuelan music complimenting the lowkey atmosphere. Beginning the eveningwith a glass of their fruity house specialsangria by Master Mixologist Ivan is amust.

Formally a dinner only spot, Maute Grillhas just announced a tempting menu to en-

courage those looking for a perfect spot for apower lunch. A continually rotating menu provides

new choices each month. Since the beginningof August the offering is Soup or Caesar Salad,a choice of Sirloin Steak, Coq au Vin or fresh

grouper for a main course and dessert for only$28.95, served from noon until 3:00 p.m. daily.

For a real taste treat, make sure to swath yoursteak with their Guasacaca Sauce, a zestyblend of parsley, garlic and avocado, theVenezuelan version of Chi-michurri, whichis the required way to compliment yourmeat Latin style; you have it no other once

you have tried it!The restaurant has a charming open air bar,

allowing patrons to relax and observe the busymall life, or there is the option of an air-con-

ditioned dining room. Those dining atthe outdoor terrace have the

pleasure of watching theirsteak grilled on an openwood fire at their table, of-fering the option of speci-fying when it is done

enough. This is very muchthe Venezuelan way, and the

side dishes and garnishes areaimed at providing that true taste of

Latin cooking here in Aruba. For reservations call586-1120.

Steak lovers unite at Maute

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Wood Grilled

Rib Eye

Mussels and Stone Crab platter

Elegant Dining Room with a

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Budget’s head office is inCamacuri, not far from the air-port, but they maintain an out-let right at the airport andanother conveniently locatedin the Arawak Gardens inPalm Beach, an easy strollfrom all the Palm Beach re-sorts. Budget will provide freetransportation to their ArawakGardens outlet from any hotel,and return you to your doorwhen turning in your car.

A Toyota Yaris rents for$174 for the week; there is anadditional airport concessionfee to have a car available im-mediately on arrival, but thisis balanced out by the cost ofroundtrip fares to most resorts,and on weekly rentals is a de-cided savings.

Budget has become theworld’s third largest car rentalfranchise because of theircommitment to quality serviceand product at the best pricepossible, and the staff ofBudget Car Rental Aruba isequally dedicated to seeingtheir customers smile

The car rental name synony-mous with savings will nextmonth celebrate their goldenanniversary of operating onAruba! One of the first of itskind to establish a car rentalagency with highly competi-tive prices, it still maintainsthat standard of offering thebest service, a diverse fleet ofvehicles to meet each rentersneeds, at the best price possi-ble.

Budget has a fleet of 250autos on Aruba, ranging fromsubcompact to authentic JeepWrangler® hardtop 4X4 orthe stylish Toyota Rav 4, forexploring Aruba’s outback inair-conditioned comfort. Theirstandard Toyota Yaris, themost popular model, is knownfor quality and dependability.Each year, they refresh 25%of their fleet and retire theolder cars. Compared to theU.S., car rentals are quite af-fordable on Aruba, with thethird party liability insuranceincluded in the rental rates, asrequired by law.

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LOGRONO ( AFP) - Germany's John Degenkolb won thefifth stage of the Tour of Span after edging ahead ofItaly's Daniele Bennati in the final seconds while Spain'sJoaquin Rodriguez held on to the overall lead. Degenkolbof Argos-Shimano, who also won the second stage, fin-ished the 168-kilometre (104-mile) ride that began andended in the northern city of Logrono in four hours, 10minutes and 37 seconds. Bennati of Radioshack-Nissanlaunched a sprint in the final minutes and managed toopen up a significant gap but in the final metres De-genkolb picked up speed and inched ahead of the Italianat the finish line. The previous two stages included hill-top finishes and Wednesday's urban circuit in Logronoallowed for a rare chance for sprinters to shine duringthis year's race. Temperatures in Logrono hit 32 degreesCelsius (90 Fahrenheit). Rodriguez finished safely in thepeloton to hold on to the overall leaders' red jersey forthe second straight day as well as keeping his one-sec-ond advantage over Chris Froome of Team Sky.

dently from 12 yards and withReading apparently unable toget near their sharper oppo-nents it was hard to see a wayback for the visitors.

The one bright spot forReading during a torrid open-ing 25 minutes however, hadbeen the sight of Pogrebnyakunsettling the Chelsea centraldefensive pair of Cahill -- infor the injured David Luiz --and John Terry.

And the Russian equalisedwhen Gareth McCleary pickedhim out in the 25th minute, es-caping Cahill's marking andheading home from 12 yardsout.

Reading were now instilledwith a sense of belief and werefurther rewarded four minuteslater after Jobi McAnuff's di-rect run towards the box wasended abruptly by a Terry foul.

Guthrie lined up the angledfree kick from 25 yards out andwas as surprised as anyone tosee his low shot spill out ofCech's arms and over the lineafter the ball had been allowedto pass beneath the defensivewall.

Chelsea's shape had gonewith the two holding midfield-ers -- John Obi Mikel andLampard -- unable to protectthe back four.

They were also unable tomesh with Mata, Hazard andRamires, the three players op-erating in support of Torres.

The Spaniard, meanwhile,was having little impact on thegame and missed a free headerin first half added time.

Chelsea needed a slice ofluck to get them back into thegame and it came in the 69thminute when Cahill sent in aswerving shot from 30 yards.

The ball bounced in front ofFederici but the keeper shouldhave done better.

onds, Branislav Ivanoviccapped a breakaway to roll inthe fourth goal after Readingkeeper Adam Federici hadgone forward.

When the dust settled, Eu-ropean champions Chelseacould reflect on a second suc-cessive victory but there waslittle doubt they had benefitedfrom a slice of good fortuneand survived a major scare.

It was in stark contrast tothe way they had marked thestart of their league campaignwith victory at Wigan.

And when the home sidecarried on where they had leftoff at the DW Stadium, thesigns were ominous for Read-ing.

Eden Hazard, an immediatesuccess in first Premier Leaguegame three days previously,again settled quickly collectinga second minute pass fromJuan Mata before pulling hisleft foot shot narrowly wide.

Then the Belgian produceda moment of trickery to out-fox Reading right back ChrisGunter and win the 17thminute penalty that appearedto set Chelsea on course for acomfortable three points.

Lampard converted confi-

photos with him before hegroped her between the legs inAntrim town centre.

The same day, a girl aged16 said she was walking alongthe river path beside the team'straining base at Antrim Forumwith a friend when their pathwas blocked by the three ac-cused.

Police alleged that the girlwas pushed by one of the mentowards Omar, who placed hisarm around her waist andtightened his grip, but then sheran away.

Tony Cahir, a lawyer forthree accused, said Omar hadnot had any legs since birthand was incapable of sexualgratification.

The three men were re-leased on combined bail andsureties of £5,500 ($8,700,6,970 euros) each.

They have to make weeklycontact with the Jordanian em-bassy in London before theirnext appearance in court onOctober 18.

The Jordanian Olympiccommittee issued a statementsaying: "The committee willnot tolerate any misconduct. Ithas full confidence in Britishjudiciary."

BELFAST (AFP) - Threemembers of the Jordanian Par-alympic team accused of sexoffences at a pre-Games train-ing camp in Northern Irelandwere released on bail onWednesday.

Two wheelchair-usingpower-lifters and a trainer ap-peared at Coleraine Magis-trates' Court facing chargesincluding sexual assault andvoyeurism.

A senior Jordanian govern-ment official denied reportsthat the King of Jordan hadpersonally intervened in thecase, although the official saidthe monarch was "concerned"by the allegations.

The men were arrested onMonday in the town of Antrim,northwest of Belfast, afterthree women lodged com-plaints.

Power lifter Omar SamiQaradhi, 31, faces threecharges of sexual assault, twoagainst a child, and one ofvoyeurism after allegedly en-tering a women's changingroom at the team's trainingcentre at the Antrim Forumleisure centre.

Police said he was identi-fied by a 14-year-old girl whoclaimed that she posed for


Paralympics: ThreeJordanians bailedover sex allegations

LONDON (AFP) - FernandoTorres's controversial late goalproved decisive as Chelseastaged a second half recoveryto secure a 4-2 Premier Leaguevictory over promoted Readingat Stamford Bridge onWednesday.

Torres converted from closerange with nine minutes re-maining -- but television re-plays showed the Spaniard wasclearly in an offside positionwhen he turned home AshleyCole's cross.

Visiting manager Brian Mc-Dermott was left incensed bythe decision of referee LeeMason to award the goal thatundid his side's previous excel-lent work.

At that point Reading ap-peared to be on course to claimat least a point after goals fromPavel Pogrebnyak and DannyGuthrie -- helped by an errorby Chelsea keeper Petr Cech -- had overturned Frank Lam-pard's early penalty.

Gary Cahill's long rangeshot had brought Chelsea levelmidway through the secondhalf but the match was verymuch in the balance when Tor-res struck.

Then, in the very final sec-

Football: Torres 'offside' goalseals Chelsea comeback

SPORTS

neW york (afP) - World no. 1 victoria azarenka of Be-larus, the reigning australian open champion, wasnamed on Wednesday as top seed for the uS openwomen's tournament that begins Monday. World no. 2agnieszka radwanska of Poland, who lost the Wimble-don final to 14-time Grand Slam champion SerenaWilliams, was named the second seed for the fortnighton the flushing Meadows hardcourts. russian MariaSharapova, who completed a career Grand Slam withher fourth major title at this year's french open, wasnamed the third seed while Williams, a three-time uSopen winner, was named the fourth seed. Williams cap-tured last month's Wimbledon title and won the Londonolympics singles gold medal and women's doubles titlewith her sister venus at the event, also played on theWimbledon grass. australian Samantha Stosur, the de-fending champion, was named seventh seed whilethree-time winner kim clijsters of Belgium, who haswon 21 matches in a row at the tournament, is the 23rdseed in her farewell uS open appearance. two-timechampion venus Williams is the only former uS openchampion not seeded in the field.

Cleveland, the Chicago WhiteSox, Los Angeles Angels,Boston, the New York Yan-kees and Oakland.

Colon will miss the final 40games of Oakland's seasonand either the club's first 10playoff games or the first 10games of his next majorleague season.

The ban comes a week aftera 50-game ban was imposedupon San Francisco Giantsstar Melky Cabrera, also a Do-minican, for a positive dopingtest for testosterone.

"The Oakland Athletics aredisappointed to learn oftoday's suspension of pitcherBartolo Colon," the team saidin a statement.

"The organization fully sup-ports Major League Baseball'sJoint Drug Prevention andTreatment Program and its ef-forts to eliminate perform-ance-enhancing substancesfrom our game."

Colon, who was working ona $2 million contract this sea-son, has a 171-122 careerrecord with a 4.05 careerearned-run average with

NEW YORK (AFP) - OaklandA's pitcher Bartolo Colon wassuspended for 50 games byMajor League Baseball yester-day after testing positive forabnormally high levels oftestosterone, the club an-nounced.

The violation of MajorLeague Baseball's drug pre-vention and treatment programfor a performance-enhancingsubstance means an immediateban without pay for the 39-year-old right-hander, who isin his 14th major league sea-son.

"I apologize to the fans, tomy teammates and to the Oak-land A's," Colon said in astatement. "I accept responsi-bility for my actions and I willserve my suspension as re-quired by the Joint Drug Pro-gram."

Colon has a 10-9 record in24 starts for the AmericanLeague club this season with a3.43 earned-run average. Hestruck out 91 batters andwalked 23 in 152 1/3 inningswith 161 hits surrendered, in-cluding 17 home runs.

Colon, who was to havestarted on Thursday, led Oak-land in wins and inningspitched this season and hadhelped the A's move withinone game of Tampa Bay andBaltimore for a wild-cardplayoff berth in the AmericanLeague.

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Bolt insisted that he is notthinking about a new 200mworld record, which he cur-rently holds, having stormedto 19.19sec in Berlin in 2009,when he races on Thursday.

"Sure, I have the potentialon this track if I am in formand if the conditions are right,"he said.

"But my main objective isto give this enthusiastic crowda show."

In the meantime, there hasbeen talk of both men playingcricket in Australia's Twenty20Big Bash League after Boltexpressed an interest in turn-ing out for Melbourne Starsand the Sydney Sixers saidthey hoped to lure Blake.

Both men are cricket fanat-ics and Bolt played juniorcricket before turning to thetrack, while Blake describeshimself as a "bowling ma-chine" in the finest tradition ofWest Indian fast bowlers.

terms of what the organiser of-fers."

Even if Zurich attempted arematch, Seegobin said he didnot see much point after theOlympics, which was the highpoint of the season, while thetwo sprinters had alreadyfaced off in the Jamaica na-tional trials in June.

Then, Blake, 22, won over100m and 200m.

Seegobin also said that theeffects of Blake's warm-downafter London should not beunder-estimated.

As such, a race between thepair looks more likely nextseason.

"My objectives at the end ofthis season are to continue torun well, improve technically,and not get injured," saidBlake.

"In 2013, I will have titlesto defend (including the100m) at the World Champi-onships (in Moscow)."

LAUSANNE (AFP) - Six-time Olympic champion UsainBolt and his young Jamaicancompatriot Yohan Blake willnot race each other again thisseason, Blake's manager,Cubee Seegobin, indicated onWednesday.

Bolt, who defended his100m, 200m and 4x100mrelay titles in London, is due tocontest the 200m in Thurs-day's Diamond League meet-ing in Lausanne, while Blake,who won silver in both indi-vidual sprints, will run in the100m.

The training partners -- goldmedallists in Jamaica's worldrecord-breaking 4x100m relaysquad -- will race over thosesame distances in the nextmeeting in Zurich on August30, before swapping for theBrussels event on September7.

Asked about the possibili-ties for a rematch between thepair and his desire to test him-self against his elder rival,Blake said: "Yes, I always loverunning against him. But askmy manager, who reallyknows the business."

Seegobin said: "Coach(Glenn) Mills gives Yohan aprogramme and it's tailoredaccording to people's wishes.It's something for the man-agers, the meeting director andsponsors.

"And I don't think of it interms of confrontation but in


LONDON (AFP) - Four Par-alympic flames were lit on thehighest peaks of England,Wales, Scotland and NorthernIreland ahead of next week'sGames in London.

Disabled and able-bodiedscouts scaled Scafell Pike inthe Lake District in England,Snowdon in Wales, Scotland'sBen Nevis and Slieve Donardin Northern Ireland.

The four flames will bebrought together on Tuesdayat Stoke Mandeville, the hos-pital in southern Englandwhich is the spiritual home ofthe Paralympics.

The teams used a ferro-cerium rod which they struckagainst a rough steel surface tomake sparks that created theflame.

Sebastian Coe, the organ-iser of the 2012 Olympics andParalympics, joined the trekup Snowdown.

Elaine Paert, who has bipo-

lar disorder, was the first per-son to carry the flame onSnowdon.

"I only found out on Tues-day that I would be the firstperson to carry it which wasquite an incredible piece of in-formation and I didn't take itin," she told the BBC.

"I was chosen as a repre-sentative of a group I am amember of as other people arenot physically able to takepart. It was absolutely incred-ible and amazing.

The Paralympics are a nearsellout, with spectators at-tracted by high-profile com-petitors including "BladeRunner" Oscar Pistorius, theSouth African double amputeesprinter who competed in theOlympics.

A record 4,200 athletesfrom 166 countries will takepart and the Games will bewatched by an estimatedglobal television audience offour billion.

Paralympics: Fourflames lit on UK'shighest peaks

Athletics: No more Bolt-Blakeduels this season

thursday, august 23, 2012

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