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tribution to making a showcaseto attract visitors to town.”

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Mahtani’s for their demonstra-tion and support of the mainstreet makeover, and their con-

Finishing touches are being puton the work of art that will beOranjestad’s renovated mainstreet, the Caya Gilberto Fran-cois “Betico” Croes. Aruba’sPrime Minister Mike Emanand Minster of Infrastructure,Immigration and Environment,Benny Sevinger, stopped by onTuesday afternoon, November4 to compliment the Ghan-sham Mahtani and family fortheir personal efforts to beau-tify and upgrade what has al-ways been Aruba’s traditionalplace to shop.

The Mahtani’s had openedthe immensely popular Ca-lypso Boutique back in the1970s. It was a favorite placefor quality home items andfashion for decades. Over thepast few years it has beenhome to Modern Electronics,which will soon be expandedwhen renovations to the buil -ding are completed. Shopowner Michael Moolchandconfirmed his confidence inthe fact that the street will be amajor attraction when finished.

“We want to remind holi-day shoppers that the streetsare quite accessible now,” an-nounced Prime Eman. “Asanyone can see, many are ta -king advantage of the pavedpedestrian walk to do somewindow shopping and enjoythe new landscaping. We areparticularly thankful to the

Crib figurines de -pic ting Britain'sPrince Williamand his pregnantwife Kate are dis-played in a shopof Via San Grego-rio Armeno, Na -ples on De -cember 5, 2012.Nativity scenescraftmen sculp -ted the crib fi -gurines af ter theannouncementon Decem - ber 3that the Duke andDuchess of Cam-bridge, both 30,are expectingtheir first child --a new royal heir.

(AFP PHOTO)

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Caya Betico Croes is looking freshand ready for the holidays

Mahtanis and Minister discuss wheelchair access

Ghansham Mahtani and Family

erated from this fund goes to thebudget of the country. But, theincome from the fund goes tocreate a great future for the in-habitants of the country. Arubaintends to go that same route.

Eman said that he may begone before that time, but thatthe plan for such an actionmust be in place. We want tocreate responsible funds to en-sure that this will become ablessing and not a curse for ourisland.

the results of this never gettranslated to the benefit of thecommunity. The Aruba go -vernment is intent on ensuringthat our citizens reap the bene-fits of any eventual incomefrom such a find. They havedone a research on what hasbeen the practice in Norway.Norway is one of the countrieswhere the money gained fromexplorations does not go into thegovernment’s coffers. They cre-ated a fund and the interest gen-

ORANJESTAD -- Prior to thesigning of the contract for theseismological exploration inour territorial waters, the dif-ferent important actors in thenegotiations made several re-marks and explained what thecontract actually entails. Pres-ident of Parliament, Paul Croesexplained the role that Parlia-ment had in the process, andwished the company muchsuccess and hope that they willsucceed in finding what we allwant...oil and gas reserves inthe subsoil of Aruba’s territo-rial waters!

The Prime Minister re-marked that...“this will be adevelopment which could havean enormous impact on the fu-ture social economic develop-ment of Aruba.”

In many countries aroundthe world where large mineralreserves have been discovered,

Aruba was sad yesterday tolearn of the passing of DaveHodge.

Condolences to the familyand friends of Dave Hodge.

May the late ‘YoungQuicksilver’ rest in peace

in 1970. Besides being one ofthe main characters in SanNicolas Carnival ‘YoungQuicksilver was also known tobe a boxer in the early years.

Dave Hodge has livedabroad for many years, but yet

All those familiar with Ca-lypso music on Aruba, wouldknow or have heard of“Young Quicksilver.”

Dave Hodge, betterknown as ‘Young Quicksil-ver’ was very popular on theisland in the 60’s, 70’s. Hewas known for his humor aswell as his calypsos such as‘The Village Burning Down’and ‘Strongman’ for which hewas crowned Calypso King

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The new tram line is notyet running, but themain walk is nearlycompleted, and shopsare easily accessible.

They are well stockedwith holiday gift itemsand fashion, and willcontinue the tradition ofoffering special enter-tainment and bargainsevery Saturday in De-cember until Christmas.

Modern Electronicswill share the renewedCalypso building with afashionable XOXOstore, adding more excel-lent shopping choi ces toAruba’s reno v a ted mainstreet.

Rosalie Klein

Michael Moolchand of Modern Electronics has faith in themain st project

Caya Betico Croes is lookingfresh...Continued from page 1

‘Young Quicksilver’ has passed

Safe time and just order your needs onlineand get them delivered the same day at

your door. No matter if You are Tourist or Local

Visit us at:www.eshoppingaruba.com

Government intent on creating special

fund to benefit citizens

join them for fun night at thePalm Beach club in SouthBeach Center.

Entrance for the evening isonly 9 Aruban florins, ($5.)which will include the firstbottle of Stella Artois. TheBelgian brew will be offeredat a specially discounted pricethroughout the night. Theevent begins at 9:00 PM andwill last until the wee hours.

Rosalie Klein

Island media gave a thumb’sup to Stella Artois Lager,which will be formallylaunched on Aruba this comingFriday evening, November 7,with a great night of music,dancing and beer tasting atHard Rock Café.

Hard Rock Marketing Ma -nager Sharmaine Tromp intro-duced Franklin Oduber ofPlaya Trading, which are theagents for Stella Artois onAruba. The Belgian lager,which has been popular in Eu-rope since the 1920s, has foundan enthusiastic market for itsdistinctive taste in the U.S., andwill now be widely availableon Aruba. Originally brewedonly for the holiday market, itwas so in demand, particularlyin Canada, that the brewery inLeuven began producing anddistributing in all year round.

Hard Rock is celebratingadding Stella Artois to theirbeverage menu with an exci -ting night of live music frompopular local bands Datapanikand Nutzbeatz. Band leadersMichael Lampe and EldrickBoekhoudt were on hand topersonally invite one and all to

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Special launching of Stella Artois on Arubathis Friday night at Hard Rock Café

Franklin Oduber, Michael Lampe, Eldrick Boekhoudt andSharmaine Tromp


Palm Beach – TheCaribbean Queen atthe Palm BeachPlaza Mall has beenhonoring one localfemale artist wholives and createshere, every month.The CaribbeanQueen program waslaunched since thestore opened in lateDecember, 2011.For the store’s firstanniversary, for themonth of December2012, local glass artist Mar-ian Abath is CaribbeanQueen, prominently display-ing her beautiful and bold art-work in the store.

The glass objects made by

Marian Abath find their rootsin her love for nature. Thecolors of Aruba are reflectedin the glass paper-weights shecreates, as well as in her jew-elry. Marian works with dif-

ferent internationally ac-claimed glass techniquessuch as fusing, kiln casting,glass blowing and flameworking. “I love workingwith the torch”, she explains,

“as it allows me todedicate time, concen-trating on my ownthoughts and my ownhands creating what Ilike.”

Marian was notborn on Aruba, but shehas been liv-ing here forthe past 15years and it ishere whereher passion for

glass art started.Marian came to theisland as an educa-tional scientist, a roleshe still plays work-

ing as a policy-maker at the De-partment ofEducation. Fortu-nately, her mar-riage to local artistCiro Abath openednew opportunitiesfor her, opportuni-ties which sheseized with bothhands, she says, as-sisting him in hisartwork, applyingdifferent tech-niques, and slowly

discovering her own pre-ferred materials and ideas.

Marian then traveled tospecialize in flame workingand glass blowing in Istanbul,Turkey, New York and theNetherlands. She participatedin Voorop, given by thefamed Rietveld Art Academyand took classes in silversmiting, in order to finalizeher glass pieces into jewelry.

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At the Palm Beach Plaza Mall

Artist Marian Abath is December’sCaribbean Queen

The excitement of the holi-days is in the air in Aruba,and the celebratory atmos-phere is almost palatableeverywhere you go. In honorof the upcoming season-of-giving Aruba Bank made adecision to create a fund-rais-ing drive dedicated to a goodcause, supporting those in ourcommunity with lesser re-sources.

The simple act of lendinga helping hand to a less fortu-nate human being always re-sults in a great sense ofsatisfaction, and lights up theseason for the giver and re-ceiver. Over the next days, upuntil December 17th, eachbranch of the Aruba Bankwill have a special basket ondisplay into which donationscan be dropped. The dona-tions of Awg 25, up to Awg75 will be used to create Hol-

iday Baskets for the needy.Each basket will have a valueof Awg 150, and will containvarious useful and seasonalitems. Aruba Bank will beawarding the baskets tomembers of our communityof lesser means, in collabora-tion with its clients. As thecampaign winds to an end onDecember 17th, the bankpledges to double the amountcollected.

The Aruba Bank HolidayCampaign is a perfect oppor-tunity to light up the holidaysfor our brothers and sisters, inthe true spirit of Christmas.Aruba Bank is calling on thecommunity to participate andshow its solidarity and com-passion, its empathy and gen-erosity, making the end of theyear merrier and more pros-perous for each and everymember of our population.

The simple gesture of giving back, will brightenup Christmas this year

Aruba Bank’s year-endcampaign is dedicated to

a good cause

She participated in art exhibi-tions on Aruba as well asabroad, however she prefersto label herself as an artisaninstead of an artist. “In jew-elry,” she explains,” the mes-sage is optional. An objectcan just be beautiful on itsown, distinguished by itscolor or the kind of materialused. Each piece is uniqueand has a story of its own”.

In 2008 Marian and herhusband Ciro launched Terra-fuse –Aruba Glass & Ceram-ics, a foundation designed topromote the art of glass andceramics on the island ofAruba. A couple of years be-fore that, they opened thefirst glass studio here. Nowa-days, Marian teaches bead-making workshops tobeginners and advancedbead-makers twice a weekand the studio is open for vis-itors during those hours.

She also teaches localyouth, between the ages of 14and 25, an initiative sup-ported by Terrafuse founda-tion and the Arubangovernment (UNOCA),keeping the price of theworkshops low, aiming toteach the art form, yet alsobroaden students’ horizons,letting them find out whatthey can do with their hands.

“Even after teaching thebeginners’ workshop 100times, I don’t get bored,”Marian states,” as it is a priv-ilege to open the world ofglass to people. It makes peo-ple proud of themselves andtheir accomplishments atmaking their own uniqueglass creations.”

The Marian Abath collec-tion at Caribbean Queen in-cludes colorful jewelry andart objects. Her work will beon display for the wholemonth of December. Every-one is invited to stop by theCaribbean Queen, on the firstfloor of the Palm Beach PlazaMall, to browse and perhapseven make a purchase, as it isthe season of giving.

A percentage of the eachpurchase is earmarked for anart-supporting charity on theisland, such as The PancakeGallery, Atelier 89 and TheAruba International ArtsFoundation, AIAF, under thestore’s Repair of the World,Tikkun Olam program.

Caribbean Queen offers gift-certificates in all denomina-tions, which can never expire!

Visit soon and Adorn Thy-self.

of our work and is the sourcefor stopping the growth of ad-diction, according to the Mi -nister of Public Health. Thenewly presented book, “PagaTino” is on its way to allschools, and in January thatprogram will be implemented.Based on the research justcompleted, all instances willget together and reevaluate allsystems in place. They will beable to actualize the infrastruc-ture and the professionals todeal with the problem of addic-tion on Aruba in the most ef-fective manner possible.

It shows how and in which di-rection the government mustadapt its treatment program inorder to be more effective.

The government reportedthat all addicts in rehabilitationare required to follow courses.At KIA (local prison) there are48 cells reserved for addictsunder custody. They are alsoplanning to expand what isbeing done at the Seroe Col-orado center. There is also thedigital registration systemwhich registers every addictand what treatment they aregetting.

Prevention must be the core

ORANJESTAD -- After a verylong and intensive process, theUniversity of Aruba and theMinistry of Public Health, withthe support of the Fondo di De-saroyo, began the “nulmeting”phase consisting of fourphases. Phases I and II werepresented, and phase III and IVwere the investigative reporton drug addiction on Aruba.

The report reveals that thereare currently 2225 drug addictson Aruba! It also indicated thatthere are 150 addicts without aplace to live. There are alsofigures for the amount ofwomen and men addicts.

The government reportedthat it is the first time in thehistory of Aruba that we havecenters for women and men forthe treatment of drug addic-tion. The research indicateswhich barrios are intolerable,and Oranjestad ranks as first.The second infested barrio isSan Nicolas. Noord is thirdand Santa Cruz the fourth bar-rio.

Another important informa-tion coming out of the researchis that more than 70% of ouraddicts come from familieswith addiction problems. Thisis a vicious circle in families.


Research concludes Aruba has 2225 drug addicts!

Artist Marian

Abath is Dec.

Caribbean

Queen

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUnited States said yesterdayit was aware of informal of-fers of asylum to Syrian Pres-ident Bashar al-Assad bycountries in the Middle Eastand elsewhere.

State Department spokes -man Mark Toner gave no de-tails, referring reporters toothers governments afterbeing asked about speculationthat the Syrian president wasweighing asylum offers fromLatin America.

"We do understand thatsome countries, both in theregion and elsewhere, haveoffered to host Assad and hisfamily should he choose toleave Syria," Toner said.

The asylum speculationstems from a recent trip toCuba by Syria's deputy for-eign minister, Fayssal Mek-dad, who delivered a messagefrom Assad to Cuban Presi-dent Raul Castro, accordingto the official Cuban PrensaLatina news agency.

The Syrian official alsowas reported to have traveledto Venezuela, Nicaragua andEcuador, whose leftist gov-ernments have close relationswith Havana.

Tunisia's president offeredAssad asylum as recently asMarch, and US officials toldlawmakers a year ago thatArab leaders were privatelytelling Washington that hadoffered Assad asylum if hewould step down.

But the latest rumors comeamid intensifying fighting inthe suburbs of Damascus, andUS warnings to Syria not touse chemical weapons againstits own people.

The crisis was sparked by apresidential decree on Novem-ber 22 granting Morsi sweep-ing new powers and wasexacerbated by a controversialdraft constitution, objected toby opponents, which is set fora referendum on December 15.

Opponents want the draftcharter and the presidential de-cree withdrawn, and haveprotested in their tens of thou-sands against Morsi and his Is-lamist supporters.

Egypt's health ministry saidlate on Wednesday that at least211 people had been injured inclashes between Morsi's secu-lar-leaning opponents and Is-lamist supporters, as riot policeattempted to break up the vio-lence.

CAIRO (AFP) - Sunni Islam'shighest authority yesterdaycalled for restraint and dia-logue as violent clashes ragedin Cairo between rival campsin Egypt's latest political crisis.

Al-Azhar Grand ImamAhmed al-Tayyeb urged "allEgyptians of all persuasions toexercise restraint and to re-course to peaceful and ci -vilised dialogue," the state-runMENA news agency reported.

"The situation is deplorable.It's a disaster," he added spea -king on state television, callingon "opposition and govern-ment supporters to put an endto the crisis."

"I call on the children of mycountry to save Egypt," hesaid.

vide help, and the suspects sur-rendered along with their prod-ucts," Boraschi said.

Custom-built semi-submer -sible crafts, often built out offiberglass and equipped withelectric-diesel engines, arecommonly used by drug car-tels to smuggle cocaine fromlabs in South America to stag-ing points in central America,and then to be smuggled intothe United States via Mexico.

The typical "narco-subs"operates largely underwater,with just the cockpit and ex-haust pipes above surface.

cocaine went to the bottom ofthe ocean with the vessel sank,he said.

One suspect -- the man be-lieved to have pulled the plugto let the craft sink -- was deadwhen the Coast Guard arrived,Boraschi said.

The Costa Rican CoastGuard was tipped off about thesemi-submersible by a USplane on an anti-drug over-flight, and chased the craft intoPanamanian waters.

"When we arrived to rescuea US ship arrived and then aPanamanian airplane ... to pro-

SAN JOSE (AFP) - One per-son was killed and three ar-rested when a semi-sub -mersible craft loaded with co-caine sank off the coast ofPanama while being chased bythe Costa Rican Coast Guard,officials said Wednesday.

Costa Rica anti-drug com-missioner Mauricio Boraschisaid that 66 packages of co-caine, each weighing aboutone kilo, came to the surfaceafter the craft went down indeep water near the Panama-Costa Rica border.

Experts believe that some4,000 kilos (8,818 pounds) of

Cocaine-laden 'narcosub' sinks inPanama, one dead

industry would "be able toquickly recover from the shut-down."

The striking workers saidthey had been without con-tracts since June 2010, and ar-gued over whether or not theemployers could outsource thejobs of union workers who re-tired or left for other employ-ment.

The action at the key UStransport gateway, which han-dles 40 percent of US maritimecargo, mainly from Asia, andconstitutes the world's seventh-biggest commercial harbor,cost billions of dollars to thelocal and wider US economy.

Union officials said theyhad succeeded in winning newprotections to prevent jobsfrom being outsourced.

"This was a community ef-fort that will benefit workingfamilies for many years tocome," said John Fageaux,president of the InternationalLongshore and WarehouseUnion (ILWU) Local 63-OCU.

Stephen Berry, chief nego-tiator for the Harbor Employ-ers Association, said: "Bothsides had principles that arevery important to them.

"The employers have strug-gled since the global economiccrisis in 2008. Cargo volumeshave dropped and they've notreturned to those levels."

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Twokey US ports reopened yester-day after negotiators brokereda deal to end an eight-daystrike which crippled a keytrade gateway with Asia.

Thousands of dock workerswere back at their jobs after theagreement struck late Tuesday,between employers at the portsof Los Angeles and LongBeach and striking clericalworkers.

LA mayor Antonio Vil-laraigosa announced the deal,offering a six-year contract to800 members of the Interna-tional Longshore and Ware-house Union (ILWU), andworkers were expected to ra -tify it during the day.

During the strike some 20ships bound for LA or LongBeach docked at other ports,officials said.

By yesterday midday alleight cargo terminals at the LAport and six at Long Beach,just to the south, were againoperational. Some 10,000ILWU members honored thepicket call, shutting down 10of the 14 terminals at the com-plex.

The National Retail Fede -ration, which had urged Presi-dent Barack Obama tointervene, hailed the agree-ment. NRF boss MatthewShay said he hoped the retail


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Key US ports back to work

after strike ends

Egypt top cleric calls forrestraint amid intense unrest

Monte Vista : A worker surveys destroyed banana treesat a plantation in Monte Vista town, Compostela Valleyprovince on December 5, 2012, a day after TyphoonBopha hit the province. The death toll from a typhoonthat ravaged the Philippines jumped to 274 Wednesdaywith hundreds more missing, as rescuers battled toreach areas cut off by floods and mudslides.About178,000 people remained huddled in evacuation centres,mostly crowded schoolhouses, gyms and other govern-ment buildings, officials said. (AFP PHOTO)

US aware ofPres. Assad

asylumoffers

274 dead, hundreds missingin Philippines typhoon

Australian radio station alsoapologised.

The hoax is deeply embar-rassing for the hospital, whichhas also treated the queen, herhusband Prince Philip andCharles' wife Camilla over theyears. The queen is its patron.

2Day FM presenter MelGreig, impersonating the 86-year-old monarch, dialled thehospital and asked the opera-tor: "Could I please speak toKate, please, my grand-daugh-ter."

The operator replied: "Ohyes, just hold on, Ma'am."

Greig was put through to award where a nurse told herthat Kate was "sleeping at themoment and she has had an

LONDON (AFP) - The Britishhospital treating PrinceWilliam's pregnant wifeCatherine admitted Wednes-day it released her privatemedical details after falling fora hoax call from an Australianradio station.

Presenters from Sydney's2Day FM station, posing asQueen Elizabeth II andWilliam's father PrinceCharles, got through to a nurseat private King Edward VII'sHospital in London, whereKate is being treated for acutemorning sickness.

The hospital confirmed thata nurse discussed Kate's con-dition and said it "deeply re-grets" the incident, while the


uneventful night".The nurse added: "She's

been given some fluids to re-hydrate her because she wasquite dehydrated when shecame in. But she's stable at themoment."

Greig replied, "Oh well, I'lljust feed my little corgis,then," while two of her col-leagues made barking noisesin an impression of the queen'scorgi dogs.

"So, when is a good time tocome and visit her?" Greigwent on. "Because I'm thequeen so I need a lift downthere."

The nurse suggested anytime after 9:00 am, after Katehad "freshened up".

Hospital reveals pregnant Kate'scondition in prank call

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31 December 1974 he inde-cently assaulted a woman whowas then aged 16 or 17 years,"said John Dilworth, the head ofthe Crown Prosecution Ser-vice's north west complexcasework unit.

"That between 1 January1983 and 31 December 1983he indecently assaulted a girlthen aged eight or nine years,and that between 1 July 1984and 27 September 1984 he in-decently assaulted a girl thenaged 13 years."

Hall has been bailed to ap-pear at Preston MagistratesCourt on January 7.

LONDON (AFP) - Britishprosecutors said Wednesdaythey were bringing chargesagainst veteran BBC commen-tator Stuart Hall, saying he in-decently assaulted children inthe 1970s and 1980s.

The 82-year-old, a formerpresenter of game show "It's aKnockout" known for his ec-centric and erudite footballmatch summaries on BBCRadio 5 Live, was arrested athis home at Wilmslow nearManchester in northwest Eng-land earlier in the day.

"The charges are that be-tween 1 September 1974 and

BBC commentatorcharged for indecentlyassaulting children

The Baltic Ace was underway from Zeebrugge in Bel-gium to Kotka in Finland andthe Corvus J from Grange-mouth in Scotland to Antwerpin Belgium, according to ship-ping tracker website Marine-Traffic.com.

"At this stage we don'tknow what caused the acci-dent," Verburg said, adding:"Our first priority right now isthe safety of the 24 crew mem-bers."

The shipping lane wherethe accident happened is oneof the busiest in the North Seaand an important passing pointfor ships sailing into the Rot-terdam port, Europe's largestand the fifth-largest in theworld, Dutch media reported.

Rotterdam port spokesmanSjaak Poppe told AFP the col-lision would not affect ship-ping in and out of the port.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Dutchsea rescue services launched amajor operation Wednesday tosave 24 sailors after their shipsank following a collision withanother in a busy North Seashipping lane, a coast guardspokesman said.

"Three helicopters are onthe scene as well as two rescueships and a number of othercraft to pick up 24 crew mem-bers of the Baltic Ace," PeterVerburg of the Dutch coastguard told AFP.

He said the crew launchedlife rafts after the 23,000-tonneBahaman-registered BalticAce, a car carrier, and theCypriot-registered Corvus J, acontainer ship, collided around7:15 pm (1815 GMT) about100 kilometres (60 miles)from Rotterdam and 65 kilo-metres off the southern Dutchcoast.

It was unknown if therewere any injuries.

Ships collide offDutch coast, onesinking: Dutch media

covered the walls, an at-tempt to warm up the austereenvironment of the clinic fullof HIV-positive kids.

In another cubicle, a 52-year-old woman held an eight-month-old baby with big blackeyes who was entertaining her-self with some rubber animalsas she waited. Older kids wait-ing nearby were playing on thecenter's computers.

Like many HIV-positivekids, this baby was here withher grandmother.

"I bring the girl to the hospi-tal, my daughter cannot. She al-ready developed AIDS, and isonly 18 years old," the womantold AFP shakily. "My life haschanged with pain since Ilearned that the two are ill."

She works at various jobs tosupport everyone.

"Many children come withtheir grandparents becausetheir parents have died and noother family member will takecare of them. It's a travesty,"said Sandra Ayala, a socialworker at the center.

"Many have suffered con-tempt or abuse from their ownfamilies."

Carlos's young aunt said shesometimes doubts she is up tothe challenge of raising hernephew on her own.

But her reward, she said,comes when Carlos gazes ather with his big, innocent eyesand calls her "mama."

"I love him like my son. I'mgoing to do everything possi-ble to see that he grows and hasopportunities," she vowed.

"It hurts to see the discrimi-nation against him. Neither he,or any child, deserves that."

ferred he remain anonymous.More than 3,000 children

are infected with HIV in Cen-tral America, according to of-ficial statistics. Most of them,some 2,180, are in Honduras,but El Salvador is second, with580 HIV-positive kids.

Carlos, a cheerful and activeboy, is luckier than many. Histwice-monthly visits to theCenter of Excellence for Chil-dren with Immunodeficiencyin San Salvador net him life-saving antiretroviral drugs aswell as other important med-ical care.

It is the only clinic of itskind in the country, and Carlosand his aunt have to travel 135kilometers (84 miles) to getthere.

With its staff of three doc-tors and three nurses, it dis-penses state-sponsoredmedical care and drugs to chil-dren up to age 18, at no cost.The kids also get psychologi-cal counseling, paid for by aprivate foundation.

The center serves some chil-dren from Guatemala andNicaragua as well.

As Carlos waited for histreatment on a recent visit, hegot a checkup from a dentist.

Cartoons of children

SAN SALVADOR (AFP) -Four-year-old Carlos, whomakes a lengthy trip every twoweeks with his teenage aunt toa special clinic in El Salvador'scapital, has no notion of thecruel stigma that comes withhis HIV diagnosis.

Governments and aid groupsacross the region organized aofficial parades and culturalevents to raise awareness andcelebrate World AIDS Day.

But in Central America, HIVand AIDS patients carry a bur-den that is heavier than themedical consequences of thevirus that still has no cure.

Carlos's aunt, just 16 yearsold herself, washes and ironsclothes to support the pair eversince her sister died of AIDS ayear ago. Neither her parentsnor Carlos's other grandparentsgive them any financial help.

"I would like to go to schoolor have a formal job," theteenager said, "but there is no-body else to take care of himand I can't think about aban-doning him."

Tears streaming down herface, she explained that thepreschool in their village re-fused to enroll Carlos becauseof his HIV status. Carlos is apseudonym as the family pre-

Stigma for Central America'sHIV-positive kids


Health & Living

until the mid-1980s.The plaintiffs accused the

government and 42 companiesof failing to take adequatesafety measures despite know-ing about the dangers associ-ated with the material, whichcan cause cancer.

"At least by 1981, the gov-ernment needed to order busi-nesses to require their workersto wear dust-protective masksand set punitive measures forthose in violation," presidingjudge Masamitsu Shiseki toldthe court, according to publicbroadcaster NHK.

TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanesecourt on Wednesday orderedthe government to pay $13million to 170 former con-struction workers and their be-reaved families over exposureto asbestos.

The Tokyo District Courthowever rejected the plaintiffs'claim that private constructionmaterials firms should also beheld responsible for the healthproblems of their workers.

The lawsuit was brought byrepresentatives of 337 peoplewho became ill or died as a re-sult of their exposure to a ma-terial used widely as insulation

Japan court awards $13 mnto asbestos victims

Patients hugh a nurse at The Center of Excellence forChildren with Immunodeficiencies (CENID) at the Ben-jamin Bloom National Children Hospital in San Salvador

1999, while it tripled in Den-mark and Norway for the sameperiod.

EU states should ban "re-pressive measures" againstpeople who prostitute them-selves but clamp down on "allforms of procuring" and agree"the prohibition of the purchaseof a sexual act."

Between 80 and 95 percentof people in prostitution "havesuffered some form of vio-lence" before entering the sys-tem of prostitution (rape,incest, pedophilia).

The group also said thatwomen constituted 85 percentof the victims of trafficking forsexual exploitation and citedUN data saying that traffickingin human beings was the sec-ond biggest source of illicitprofits for criminals afterdrugs.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Around200 women's groups urged theEuropean Union to make pay-ing for sex a crime on thegrounds that prostitution vio-lated women's rights.

"Prostitution is a form of vi-olence, an obstacle to equality,a violation of human dignity,and of human rights," the Eu-ropean Women's Lobby(EWL), the largest umbrellagroup of women's rightsgroups in the 27-nation bloc,said at a conference in the Eu-ropean parliament.

The EWL called on the blocto seek inspiration from Swe-den, which outlawed payingfor sex more than a decade agothough prostitution remainslegal.

The group said that the num-ber of people exploited in streetprostitution had halved since

Women's groups urge EU banon prostitution

picked up as potential threats,as they only generate powerfulearthquakes every few cen-turies or even millennia.

Such long periods are called"supercycles" and becausethey last happened so longago, they are not documentedin human history.

The worrisome intersec-tions are points where frac-tures, caused by the movementof ridges on the ocean floor,cross with a subduction zoneat a boundary on Earth's tec-tonic plates.

Why these meeting pointsbecome hotspots is unclear.

One theory is that the com-plex fractures act as a brake,preventing the slow subduc-tion movement. As a result, thestress accumulates over verylong periods until it is releasedcatastrophically.

The new map is publishedin the journal Solid Earth bythe European GeosciencesUnion (EGU).


SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -Google and Microsoft eachunveiled new charitable initia-tives Tuesday, in separate ef-forts which channel millionsof dollars to innovators tack-ling social ills.

Google launched its GlobalImpact Awards program with afirst round of funding allocat-ing a total of $23 million toseven organizations "changingthe world."

"Technology has dramati-cally improved our lives, fromthe speed at which we getthings done to how we connectwith others," Google directorof giving Jacquelline Fullersaid in a blog post announcingthe awards.

"Yet innovations in medi-cine, business and communi-cations have far outpacedtech-enabled advances in thenonprofit sector."

Meanwhile, Microsoft helda Social Innovation Summit atwhich it announced the win-ners of $3 million in "ImagineCup" grants to students withpromising projects for theglobal good.

"The Imagine Cup Grantswill help students evolve agreat idea for addressing a so-cietal issue into a real-worldbusiness," said Dan'l Lewin,corporate vice president ofStrategic and Emerging Busi-ness Development at Mi-

crosoft."These students have devel-

oped incredible approachesthat show great potential forpositive local impact."

A $100,000 grand prizeImagine Cup grant went to ateam from Germany that de-vised a way to reduce trafficcongestion and carbon emis-sions by letting each driverknow the best route to theirdestination.

Other grant winners in-cluded Australian studentswith a way to better detectpneumonia and a team fromthe Ukraine that developed ahandheld gadget that translatessign language into verbal com-munication.

Imagine Cup awards in-clude software and "cloud"computing services for win-ners.

Google Global Impactawards included $5 million forCharity Water to install waterflow sensors at thousands ofpoints across Africa and $3million to use "DNA barcod-ing" of endangered species tofight illegal wildlife trade.

The World Wildlife Fundwas awarded $5 million fortechnology to battle poaching.Millions of dollars were alsoawarded to groups involvedwith improving math and sci-ence education in the UnitedStates.

Google, Microsoft launchcharity efforts

Sci-Tech

PARIS (AFP) - Seismologistsunveiled a map highlightingzones most prone to unleash-ing the world's biggest earth-quakes, including the 9.0monster that struck northeast-ern Japan in March 2011.

These mega-quakes springmostly from regions wherefractures on the sea floor inter-sect with subduction zones, orzones where one slab ofEarth's crust is diving slowlyunder another, they said.

The evidence is statistical,coming from data from 1,500earthquakes.

Over the past century, halfof the 50 largest earthquakes

with a magnitude of 8.4 ormore have occurred at thesedangerous intersections, thescientists said.

The rate rises to 87 percentfor the 15 biggest quakesabove 8.6 magnitude, includ-ing behemoths that haveshaken Chile and Alaska.

Subduction zones are wellknown for engendering verypowerful quakes.

Some regions are notori-ous, such as the Sunda Trenchoff Indonesia, which spawnedthe 9.1-magnitude IndianOcean quake and tsunami ofDecember 2004.

Others, though, are not

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUS president leads it, of course,and then there's the Pope, andAngela Merkel, and Facebook'sfounder, and other global rain-

the leader of the free world,"Forbes said.

The silver medal of powerwent to Merkel, the Germanchancellor, whom Forbes de-scribed as the backbone of the27-member European Unionand the person who carries thefate of the euro on her shoulders.

Third place went to RussianPresident Vladimir Putin. Hewas re-elected to a third term"after a few years swappingposts with Prime Minister DmitriMedvedev," and "officially re-gains the power that no one be-lieves he truly gave up."

Forbes said it assembled thelist using four criteria: powerover lots of people, financial re-sources controlled, whether theperson has power in variousspheres of life, and whether thatperson actively uses their power.

makers on Forbes' ranking of themightiest earthlings.

But the magazine's 2012 listof the planet's most powerfulpeople also features folks whomight raise an eyebrow or two:a Mexican drug baron, and thepudgy-faced young leader ofNorth Korea, a hermit state as-sailed for pursuing a nuclearprogram at the expense of feed-ing its very poor people.

Last year's No. 2 on the list,Chinese President Hu Jintao, isamong the heavyweights off thelist altogether this time. In Hu'scase it is because he's on his wayout of office.

The ranking features 71names, a figure Forbes said it setas a cutoff because there are anestimated 7.1 billion people inthe world and thus the rankingworks out to one very heavy hit-ter for every 100 million people.

For the second year in a row,US President Barack Obama ledthe ranking, with Forbes notingthat he won the popular vote, anelectoral college majority, andseven of the seven toss-up statesin the November election.

Obama faces challenges ga-lore, such as a budget crisis, nag-gingly high unemployment, andrenewed strife in the Middle East.

"But Obama remains thecommander in chief of theworld's greatest military andhead of the sole economic andcultural superpower -- literally

NEW YORK (AFP) - USbanking giant Citigroup's newchief executive on Wednesdayannounced a cut of four per-cent of its global workforce,less than two months after ashock board move forced outCEO Vikram Pandit.

Michael Corbat, who tookthe lead of the mega-bank onOctober 16, said it would slicemore than 11,000 jobs, mostlyin its global consumer bankingdivision, and take a $1 billioncharge in the 2012 fourth quar-ter and another $100 million inthe first half of next year.

Investors welcomed thenews: the shares gained 6.5percent to $36.50 in early af-ternoon trade.

Around 6,200 of the joblosses will be in the consumerbanking division as Citi pushesa strategy of focusing on the150 cities around the world"that have the highest growthpotential in consumer banking."

The actions came sevenweeks after Citi veteran Corbat

was named to run the bank fol-lowing the shock sacking ofPandit and Pandit's top aide inan unexpected board move.

There has been no officialexplanation for the ouster,which came after Pandit ledthe bank for five years throughthe global financial crisis.

But it followed a long run ofshareholder disappointmentsand a sluggish recovery com-pared with other banks.

Geographically, 4,600 of thejob losses will be in NorthAmerica, 3,800 in the Europe-Middle East-Africa division,2,100 in Latin America and750 in Asia, according to a Citispokesman.

"Citi has come a long wayover the past several years. Wehave been consistently prof-itable; our capital strength isamong the highest in the in-dustry; and we have shed hun-dreds of billions in assets andbusinesses that are not core toour strategy," CEO Corbatsaid.

New Citigroup CEOsets 11,000 job cuts

Obama leads Forbes rankingof world's most powerful


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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Re-publicans warned PresidentBarack Obama on Wednesdaythat he must take the lead onnegotiations over the so-calledfiscal cliff and present a solu-tion that could pass both theHouse and Senate.

Speaker of the House JohnBoehner told his Republicancaucus in a closed-door meet-ing that Obama "has a respon-sibility to put forward a planthat can pass both chambers ofCongress," an official who at-tended the meeting said.

The White House and oppo-sition Republicans are strug-gling to thrash out a deal thatavoids a set of crippling taxhikes and across-the-boardspending cuts that kick in earlynext year if the two sides fail toagree on how to reduce Amer-ica's skyrocketing debt.

Obama presented an initialoffer last week, while Republi-cans led by Boehner presentedtheir counter-offer. Both havebeen rejected outright -- at leastpublicly -- by the other side.

Boehner pointed to the Re-publicans' proposal to raise$800 billion in new revenuesby closing tax loopholes andending some deductions as asign they are "ready and eager"to negotiate in good faith.

That's part of the broader$2.2 trillion Republican pack-age, including $1.2 trillionsliced from federal spending,with half of that coming di-rectly from Medicare, the fed-eral health program for theelderly.

Boehner insisted that theplan Obama has put forward,which includes $1.6 trillion innew taxes and just $600 billionin spending cuts, "couldn't passeither house of the Congress."

Kevin McCarthy, the

House's number three Republi-can, said he saw an opportunityfor Obama to show leadership.

Obama wants to extend taxcuts for 98 percent of Ameri-cans but raise rates on the rich-est two percent. Republicanswant to extend all tax cuts for ayear, and discuss spending cutsand tax reform to produce morerevenues.

The president campaignedfor re-election on the basis ofraising taxes on the wealthiest,while Republicans, though opento raising more revenue, refuseto do so by raising marginal taxrates.

Boehner: Obama must stepup to resolve fiscal cliff

body who absolutely wants tosay something."

Marceau was in Singaporeto promote her latest film, theromantic French comedy"Happiness Never ComesAlone."

New media platforms offer-ing video content such asYouTube have seen a surge inpopularity in recent years,helped along by the increasingprevalence of tablet computersand smartphones equippedwith video-streaming capabili-ties.

YouTube boasts more than800 million unique visitorswho watch over four billionhours of video each month, itswebsite states. Users also up-load 72 hours of video everyminute.


SINGAPORE (AFP) - Frenchactress Sophie Marceau saidWednesday the growing ap-petite for content created bynew media such as YouTubeand cable television posed athreat to creative and originalfilmmaking.

Speaking at a French filmfestival news conference inSingapore, the "Braveheart"and James Bond actress saidthe need to feed popular newmedia platforms may causefilmmakers to make uninspiredand uniform movies.

"The only thing that I'm a lit-tle bit afraid of is the unifor-mity, the standardisation ofmovies because it's so accessi-ble now," Marceau, 46, said.

"I think cinema should also

sometimes bring new ideas,open people's eyes on certainsubjects or realities. A movie isnot just a movie, you know,"she added.

"Making movies... OK sowhat? To fill the cable TVs andYouTube? No. I think behindthat it should be meaningful, itshould be a real point of viewfrom a director, from some-

Sophie Marceau says YouTubeendangers film creativity

NEW YORK (AFP) - Jazz pi-anist Dave Brubeck, whose ex-periments in rhythm and stylehelped win millions of new jazzfans around the world, diedWednesday of heart failure, hismanager said. He was 91.

Brubeck, who was a dayaway from his 92nd birthday,died in a hospital in Norwalk,Connecticut while on his wayto see his cardiologist, man-ager Russell Gloyd told AFP.

Brubeck won a slew ofawards over the course of a ca-reer that spanned more than sixdecades. He was still playingas recently as last year.

Brubeck played at the WhiteHouse for presidents and visit-ing dignitaries, and was desig-nated a "Living Legend" bythe Library of Congress.

Brubeck's 1959 album"Time Out" became the firstmillion-selling jazz record of

the modern era, as songs"Take Five" and "Blue Rondoa la Turk" defied the indiffer-ence of critics to become clas-sics in the genre.

That success cemented hisreputation as one of the greatpopularizers in the history ofjazz, after years of nudging themusic into mainstream cultureby relentlessly performing onuniversity campuses.

Jazz great Dave Brubeckdies: manager

ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey'smedia watchdog has fined aprivate television channel forbroadcasting episodes of theAmerican cartoon series "TheSimpsons" that poked fun atGod, a local newspaper re-ported.

The Supreme Board ofRadio and Televison (RTUK)fined CNBC-E around 53,000lira (22,700 euros) over theshow, saying it "mocked God"by depicting him serving Satana cup of coffee and showingone character encouraging an-other to commit murder in thename of God, the Hurriyetnewspaper said.

RTUK also accused "TheSimpsons" of showing scenesin which copies of the bible are

burnt and encouraging youngpeople to consume alcohol.

The decision by RTUK,which has imposed a string offines over other television se-ries aired in Turkey that weredeemed to be insulting to Godor historical leaders or offend-ing family values, wasridiculed by Hurriyet colum-nist Mehmet Yilmaz.

"I wonder what the makersof 'The Simpsons' would saywhen they hear their jokes aretaken literally in a countrycalled 'Turkey'," Yilmazwrote. "Perhaps Homer willget a Muslim neighbour.""The Simpsons" is the longest-running American sitcom,with more than 500 episodesaired since 1989.

Turkey fines TV overSimpsons show for'mocking God'


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.

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an attractive menu of a lacarte dishes including schnit -zel, with an emphasis onfresh fish, also moderatelypriced. Unquestionably, theOld Dutch Gourmet is the bigattraction, and you can’t beatthis great deal.

Rembrandt Café is openseven days a week from noonuntil 1:00 AM and until 3:00AM on Fridays and Satur-days when they feature livemusic after 11:00 PM. Afterenjoying a unique dining ad-venture, patrons can linger atwhat turns into a chic loungein the late hours; highly re -commended for excellentvalue, delicious food andcongenial service.

us their poul-try comesfrom Hollandand meat fromA r g e n t i n a ,and they arecertified freeof growth en-hancers andother undesir-able chemi-cals.

The differ-ence is no-table in theflavor, and thepreparation is fun. The mealalso includes a choice of soupor salad of the day and dessert

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Rembrandthas a char ming,Old World,

Dutch Pub am-biance and offers

both indoor andoutdoor dining on

their cozy terrace. Theser vice crew is a delight, andeven the wine list is very rea-sonably priced. Aside fromtheir house special, they offer

Rembrandt Café in the SouthBeach Center has alwaysbeen known as a bastion ofauthentic Dutch cuisine, butunder new management ofthe amiable “Happy” Hans,who is thrilled to be realizinghis dream with his own place,a new menu is proving ex-ceptionally attractive and af-fordable.

Our team of MorningNews taste testers decided tocheck out the house specialty,“Old Dutch Gourmet” mealat only $27.50 per person,and recommend it heartily. Itis an exceptional taste treatand something really differ-ent.

The main course entails anopen grill placed at yourtable, with an ample assort-ment of chicken, beef, porkand shrimp for diners to cookto their preferred degree ofdoneness. They are servedwith three tasty sauces,creamy garlic, a mildly spicyand slightly sweet Thai ChiliSauce, and Indonesian soythat is quite different to whatmost may be accustomed, butan integral part of Dutchcooking.

We found the meats andpoultry exceptionally tenderand tasty, and the cookingmethod is extremely healthyand low fat. Hans informed

Adventures in eating at the new

Rembrandt Café

A selection of chicken, pork and beef

LENS (AFP) : People queue to visit the Louvre Museum on the first day of its opening

to the public on December 4, 2012 in Lens, northern France. The Louvre museum

opened a new satellite branch among the slag heaps of a former mining town Tuesday

in a bid to bring high culture and visitors to one of France's poorest areas. Greeted by

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and finished runners-up at theCup of China, also have realis-tic chances of mounting thepodium.

However, Chinese Olympicsilver medallists Pang Quingand Tong Jian, who won theCup of China and took secondspot at Skate America, havealso set their sights on topplace at the Sochi finals.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Theworld's top figure skaters areset to battle for the ISU GrandPrix series finals titles at thevenue which will host the fig-ure-skating events at the 2014Winter Olympics.

The finals will get under-way on Friday at the newly-built 12,000 capacity IcebergSkating Palace in the games'host city Sochi, on the BlackSea coast.

The competition, the firstinternational event to be heldat the arena, starts with theshort programmes on Fridaywith the free skating finalsscheduled for Saturday.

Reigning world championPatrick Chan of Canada, whois hoping to earn his third con-secutive world title in London,Ontario, next March, looks tobe a strong favourite in themen's section of the event.

However, the 21-year-oldToronto resident will have tobattle hard against four Japan-ese rivals - world's bronzemedallist Yuzuru Hanyu, thisseason's NHK Trophy winner,the 2011 world championships'runner-up Takahiko Kozuka,who won Skate America, Tat-suki Machida, Cup of Chinawinner and Daisuke Taka-hashi.

Russian fans will missYevgeny Plushenko who is sit-ting out the Grand Prix series,but many still hope will bringRussia Olympic glory inSochi.

Spain's Javier Fernandez,who finished first at SkateCanada this season, alsograbbed a place among this

season's six-leg Grand Prix se-ries' top six skaters.

In the women's section ofthe event, former two-timeworld champion and Olympicsilver medallist Mao Asada,who won the Cup of Chinaand the NHK Trophy this year,is ready to storm her way backto the to after two unimpres-sive seasons.

Compatriot Akiko Suzuki,the world bronze medallist,will also battle for the titleagainst the US reigning cham-pion Ashley Wagner, who wonthe Skate America and Tro-phee Bompard titles and is setto put the United States backon top of the podium.

European championship sil-ver medallist Kiira Korpi, whowon the Russian Cup earlierthis year and 15-year-oldRussian prodigy ElizavetaTuktamysheva, winner of theyouth Olympic Games in Inns-bruck, Austria, are also hopingto perform well in Sochi.

The pairs title will be up forgrabs as four-time worldchampions Aliona Savchenkoand Robin Szolkowy of Ger-many failed to earn a place inthe finals after they withdrewfrom participation in the Tro-phee Bompard becauseSavchenko had a sinus infec-tion.

Russian pair TatianaVolosozhar and MaximTrankov look strong favouritesin the pairs section at theirhome ice after winning titles atSkate America and the Russ-ian Cup this season.

Compatriots Yuko Kavagutiand Alexander Smirnov, whowon the Trophee Bompard

Figure-skating: Top skaters clash inISU Grand Prix finals

threat to Uganda, they say theywant protection," Ecweru said.

If the players pass an eligi-bility test, they will be givenrefugee status, he added.

In 2007, six national play-ers sought asylum in Angolaafter a game there, while in2009, 12 Eritrean nationalfootball players sought asylumafter a game in Kenya.

Last year, 13 members ofEritrea's Red Sea football clubsought asylum in Tanzania.

KAMPALA (AFP) - The"missing" Eritrean nationalfootball team has applied forasylum in Uganda rather thenreturn home, officials said.

"The 18 members have toldus their country is not safe forthem once they return and theywant political asylum,"Uganda's junior minister forrefugees Musa Ecweru toldAFP.

"They are in the hands ofthe Ugandan government and

United Nations and we havegiven them protection," headded.

Ugandan police werealerted on Monday when theteam members disappearedafter losing to Rwanda 2-0 ina regional tournament, accord-ing to the Council for East andCentral Africa Football Asso-ciations (CECAFA).

"We have instructed policeto call off the search for thembecause these people are not a

Football: Eritrean football team seeksasylum in Uganda

in 1972.But the 25-year-old was

unable to convert any of hischances and then went downinjured in the 85th minute ofthe 0-0 draw at the NouCamp.

Messi collided with Ben-fica goalkeeper Artur in thepenalty box, but rode the ini-tial challenge to fire off alooping shot before slumpingto the floor.

He received treatment onthe pitch before being cartedoff.


stripped of, having had hisbronze from the 2008 Gamestaken away also for a dopingoffence.

There is a fifth medallistfrom the 2004 Games who isat risk of being disqualified,but whose name will be re-vealed later by the IOC be-cause of a delay in theprocedure of the athlete's test.

Since the Athens Games alldope tests taken at theOlympics have been stored ina large deep freeze in the base-ment of the anti-doping labo-ratory in Lausanne for aduration of eight years.

The IOC had asked the lab-oratory to reanalyse 105 teststaken at the Games in Athens,which holds the unwantedrecord for the most failed dopetests in the Olympic history.

LAUSANNE (AFP) - Fourmedallists from the 2004Olympic Games were offi-cially stripped of their medalson Wednesday by the Interna-tional Olympic Committee.

The IOC took the decisionafter new analysis of theirdope tests taken at the AthensGames revealed traces ofsteroids.

Ukraine's Yuri Belonog wasstripped of his shot put goldmedal, Belarus' Ivan Tikhon ofhis silver in the hammer, andIrina Yatchenko of Belarus andRussian Svetlana Krivelyovalost their bronze medals in thewomen's discus and shot putrespectively.

It is the second Olympicmedal Tikhon has been

Olympics: 2004 Gamesquartet stripped ofmedals: IOC

"I will play for as long as myhead tells me to," he said. "Atthe end of the day the wear andtear is more to do with thehead than the body.

"For the moment my plan isto go to the end of my con-tract."

Casillas, who is approachingthe 150 caps mark havingmade his debut in 2000, saidthat if he were to play for an-other club it would not be inSpain.

"Play anywhere other thanReal? For the moment I am noteven thinking about it," saidCasillas, who made his Realdebut in 1999.

"It is my club and my homefrom home, and if in the fu-ture, I do move, it will be out-side Spain and to a club whichis not directly in competitionwith Real."

MADRID (AFP) - Several ofSpain's golden generation offootballers will bring down thecurtain on their internationalcareers after the 2014 WorldCup, veteran goalkeeper IkerCasillas said on Wedensday.

Casillas, 31, winner of theWorld Cup and two EuropeanChampionships, added itwould be time for the youngergeneration to take up thebaton.

"A lot of us will retire fromthe national side after theWorld Cup," said Casillas."The younger generation willreplace us. It is why winningthe World Cup again would bea wonderful way to bow out."

Casillas, though, said he hadevery intention of playing onwith Real Madrid until hispresent contract finishes in2017.

Football: Casillas eyesbowing out at nextWorld Cup

from their historic triumph onpenalties against Bayern Mu-nich in last season's final, thiswas a very different kind ofChelsea victory.

While in Madrid there wasno record-equalling goal forLionel Messi on Wednesdayas the Argentine ace went offinjured in Barcelona's Cham-pions League clash with Ben-fica.

Messi has scored 84 goalsin matches so far this year,one short of the record set byGerman player Gerd Mueller

LONDON (AFP) - Chelseabecame the first ChampionsLeague holders to go out inthe group phase despite a re-sounding 6-1 win at home toFC Nordsjaelland in theirfinal Group E game onWednesday.

Chelsea finished theirgroup campaign with 10points -- level with Shakhtar,but below the Ukrainianchampions by virtue of an in-ferior head-to-head record.

The result gave interimcoach Rafael Benitez his firstwin in four games at theStamford Bridge helm, butChelsea's only hope of secur-ing silverware in Europe fora second successive seasonnow lies in the EuropaLeague.

The celebrations, though,were subdued -- 200 days on

Football: Champions Leagueholders Chelsea out despite rout

Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi leaves the

pitch on a stretcher after being injured during the UEFA

Champions League football match FC Barcelona vs SL

Benfica

game revelation that he doesn'tknow when the Wizards' topplayer, 2010 number one over-all draft pick John Wall, willreturn.

Wall has yet to take part in

a practice this season because

of a stress injury to his left

knee cap.

Crawford, however, cau-

tioned that the Wizards still

have work to do to turn around

their season.


HOUSTON (AFP) - GregSmith scored 17 of his career-high 21 points in the secondhalf Tuesday to help ignite aHouston rally that shot theRockets to a 107-105 NBAvictory over the Los AngelesLakers.

Smith made 7-of-8 shotsfrom the field and grabbednine rebounds as the Rocketsnotched their fifth victory insix games.

Toney Douglas scored 22points off the bench to help theRockets overcome a poorshooting night from JamesHarden -- not to mention 39points from Lakers superstarKobe Bryant.

Harden finished with 15points and 10 rebounds, butmade just 3-of-19 from thefield.

Dwight Howard scored 16points with 12 rebounds forthe Lakers, who led by 13 inthe fourth quarter but lost forthe third time in their last fourgames.

As in a 113-103 loss to Or-lando on Sunday, Howard hadhis troubles at the free throw

line, but Lakers coach MikeD'Antoni said he didn't con-sider taking Howard out in thefourth quarter as the Rocketswere closing in -- and repeat-edly fouling Howard to sendhim to the line.

Despite the breakdowns --the Lakers had 19 turnoversand surrendered 21 offensiverebounds -- D'Antoni insistedthe Lakers weren't far fromwhere they need to be to win.

- The Washington Wizardsposted just their second win ofthe NBA season Tuesday,overcoming a triple-double byMiami's LeBron James to stunthe reigning champion Heat105-101.

Jordan Crawford scored 22points and Kevin Seraphinscored 16 points with 10 re-bounds as the Wizards notchedtheir third straight victory overthe Heat -- a streak dating backto late last season.

A.J. Price added 14 pointsand Martell Webster scored 13off the bench for the Wizards,who went into the contest witha league-worst 1-13 record.

They started the season

with 12 straight defeats beforeposting a two-point win overPortland last week.

James led all scorers with26 points and also contributed13 rebounds and 11 assists.However, he missed two three-point attempts late in thefourth quarter.

The Heat never led after thefirst quarter and saw their six-game winning streak end.

Dwyane Wade finishedwith 24 points in defeat forMiami, with Chris Bosh put-ting up 20 points and 12 re-bounds.

The Heat, trailing by asmany as 12 points in the thirdperiod, began to whittle thedeficit, and Bosh's layup with6:48 left to play knotted thescore at 88-88.

The Wizards, however,held on. Webster's three-pointer made it 93-89 with sixminutes remaining.

After James's three-pointattempt failed, Crawford madeone of two from the free throwline to give Washington a 102-99 lead with 10.3 seconds left.

Crawford made two more

free throws to give Washing-ton a three-point lead, 104-101. James was off-targetagain with a three-pointer inthe waning seconds that wouldhave forced overtime.

Wizards coach RandyWittman was delighted that hisplayers were able to comethrough against a high-profileopponent, that had the backingof many in the crowd.

The win took a bit of thesting out of Wittman's pre-

NBA: Smith shines as Rockets rally to beatLakers, Lowly Wizards stun Heat

A triple-double (26 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists)by LeBron James wasn’t enough to finish offTrevor Ariza and the Wizards.

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