February 28, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

LIVONIA (AFP) - A rich guywith a tin ear and a culturewar extremist: Mitt Romneyand Rick Santorum have re-inforced these unflatteringnarratives as the battle for theRepublican nomination heatsup in Michigan.

Romney's problems con-necting to working class vot-ers hit the national mediaagain after he told a reporterat the Daytona 500 Sundaythat while he doesn't followcar racing closely, "I havesome great friends who areNASCAR team owners."

It came a day after Rom-ney told a crowd in hard-hitDetroit that his wife drives "acouple Cadillacs" -- costlyluxury cars that are out of

reach for most Americans.Santorum, meanwhile,

took heat for calling Presi-dent Barack Obama a "snob"because he wants everyone togo to college and for sayingthat watching beloved formerpresident John F. Kennedytalk about the separation ofchurch and state makes himwant to "throw up."

The increasingly negativeand gaffe-ridden race to be-come the Republican stan-dard-bearer is providingample fodder for Obama ashe prepares for the November6 election amid an improvingeconomy and rising job ap-proval ratings.

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Tight Republican raceexposes liabilities

Several months ago, the ArubaValero Refinery announcedthat they may close down theiroperations on Aruba on ac-count of the exuberant price ofcrude which is making theiroperations here unprofitable.

Upon receiving this notifi-cation from Valero, the govern-ment of Aruba began intensiveefforts to find a solution to pre-vent the closure of the refinery.The government has begun ex-ploring every possible scenarioto come up with a durable so-lution for Aruba’s refinery.Trips were made to other coun-tries in search of a solution.Parliamentarians headed toVenezuela and Colombia to ex-plore what potential thesecountries have that could helpsave the Aruba refinery fromclosing down their operationshere.

During their last visit toColombia, the Prme Ministerand Minister de Meza consultedwith President Santos ofColombia and suggested wehold a Summit on petroleumand gas for top executives. ThisSummit was held here last Fri-day February 24th. Such a Sum-mit organized in such a shortspan of time to try and find a so-lution for Aruba was a majorundertaking.

Present at the Summit were,the Aruban Prime Minister,Mnister Mike de Meza, repre-sentatives of Valero,Ecopetrol, Repsol, GasUnieand Anthony Veder. Severallocal and international adviserswere also present. Among theadvisers were Laurens JanBinkhorst, former president ofthe Canary Islands FernandoFernandez Martin, DutchCounsel in Medellin Mr. Re-strepo and Javier Hernandezfrom Curacao who for manyyears was director of the Cura-cao Refinery.

The different presentationswere focused on the alianceswe want to achieve on the mat-ter of LNG and NG (Natural

Liquid Gas and Natural Gas),on the exploration of gas andpetroleum off the coast ofAruba and on an aliance be-tween the government ofAruba, Valero and Ecopetrolwith respect to the refinery ofAruba and the “project up-grader” for processing heavycrude from South America.

At the end of the programan agreement was formulatedby the parties involved inwhich they stated that they willdeliberately and conscien-tiously study all the possibili-ties for a cooperation and analiance as was discussed dur-ing the Summit. This will bedone in cooperation with thegovernment of Aruba and to becompleted in the shortest pos-

sible time period. Executives of Ecopetrol

paid a visit to the VaeleroAruba Rfeinery where they re-ceived additional information.They requested certain docu-ments of the refinery whichValero will supply shortly.This Summit, according to thegovernement was successful inthat they were able to sit downtogether at the table and dis-cuss and deliberate on the dif-ferent options and came upwith a declaration as to howthey will move forward.

Reportedly, the governmentof Aruba is continuing ther ef-forts for finding a solution forthe Aruba Valero Refinery’spermanence on Aruba.

The Aruba Summit onGas and Petroleum…searching for a solution!

Romney (L), Santorum

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UNICEF has recently pre-sented the concept of the “Stateof the Aruban Child andWomen” report. This report isexpected to be completed andpresented in the month of June.The government of Aruba hasindicated that ...”they are verypleased that they have the guid-ance of such a professional in-stitution as UNICEF. We cannow put emphasis on certainareas. We have made progressand are pleased with the guid-ance of UNICEF as we attemptto improve the position of chil-dren and women in our com-munity.”

After two years of hardwork and a visit to UNICEFHolland, this resulted inAruba becoming an offcialmember of this internationalorganization working for thebenefit of our children. Arubais now the 36th member ofUNICEF in this region. Thefirst project of UNICEF inAruba is the investigationproject dubbed, the “State ofthe Aruban Child andWomen.”

The primary objective ofthe investigation is to ascer-tain what exactly is the situa-tion regarding our children

and women on Aruba. De-spite the fact that UNICEFonly contributes to countriesreceiving funds, Aruba wasprivileged to receive theircollaboration.

Various stakeholders co-operated in the investigativeprocess, namely, the govern-ment, schools, and variousinstitutions working directlywith children and women.According to the Minister ofSocial Affairs, Michelle Win-klaar-Hooyboer, ...thanks tothese organizations, we willhave a relevant and importantreport for Aruba come June2012.

UNICEF to investigate theposition of Children andWomen on Aruba

It has also pushed Romneyinto the murky culture warwaters -- which could hurtRepublican chances of win-ning over independents in thegeneral election -- as he woosthe party's conservative base.

If Romney is able to win adecisive victory in Michiganand Arizona on Tuesday --and again next week when 10states hold nominating con-tests on Super Tuesday -- hemay have time to reset voterperceptions and shift back tocenter.

But with polls showing

that Santorum could pull offanother win in Romney'shome state of Michigan ---giving the former Pennsylva-nia senator critical momen-tum going into SuperTuesday -- the Republicanprimary could drag on untilthe August convention.

And with an unprece-dented amount of money un-leashed thanks to changes incampaign finance laws, NewtGingrich and Ron Paul couldcontinue to divide the elec-torate by staying in the racedespite their low polling

numbers."In a three or four way

race, the possibility of keep-ing Romney from a majorityof the delegates raises theprospect of a brokered con-vention," said Michael Trau-gott, a political expert at theUniversity of Michigan.

The Republican presiden-tial hopefuls are focusing ondivisive cultural and social is-sues because only about 10percent of the electorate par-ticipates in primaries -- andsocial conservatives drivethat vote, he said.

Tight Republican race exposes liabilitiescontinued from pg 1

The weekly Bon Bini Festi-val takes place tonight at theFort Zoutman in Wilhelmi-nastraat. Bon Bini Festival isthe only weekly folkloricevent on the island. Comemingle with the locals andenjoy a taste of Aruban cul-ture.

This week the festival willfeature the traditional Arubacaha di orgel (Cylinder box)Ban Baile, typical folkloricmusic by Tipico Arco Iris,dance performance by TheSuper Dancers, trio perform-ance by Jacobs Family,Poem declamation by Laura

Kock, soloist Sharon Roseand brass band TBS. Theevent will be hosted by RyanMaduro.

During the festival therewill be local food, sweets andtraditional local arts andcrafts on sale.

Arubus has regular bussesfrom all hotels areas to Oran-jestrad Central Terminal,which is only a short walkfrom Fort Zoutman. Roundtrip bus fare is $2.30. Thefestival is from 6:30 pm to8:30 pm. Entrance fee is $3.

Come and experience ataste of our ‘dushi’ Aruba!

Bon Bini Festivalis tonight

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3

THE MORNING NEWSapologizes for misquoting thedonation required to partici-pate in Michelle Begin, “MsCanada” inaugural fundrais-ing volleyball tournament onSunday March 4. The dona-tion is NOT $100 per PER-SON, but $100 per TEAM,for an 8-player team.

Michelle has also in-formed us that Aruba’s Min-ister of Social & EconomicAffairs and Culture, MichelleHooyboer-Winklaar, anAruban who spent her youth

growing up in Canada, isgoing to play on the Cana-dian team.

There are already 14 teamssigned up, and Michelle islooking for 2 more 8-playerteams to register.

All the funds raised willgo to Ambiente Feliz, a homefor the intellectually chal-lenged.

It should be a fun, excitingday of fundraising at the LaCabana Beach this comingSunday, from 11:00 AM to5:00 PM.

Correction: Participationin Sunday’s fundraisingvolleyball misquoted

Miclelle Begin poses with her tournament’s poster

Recently, SETAR N.V. held its Valentine’s Day Campaign. All clients who purchased aservice (postpaid, fixed, Cable, internet or even payment of their bill) at SETAR betweenthe period of February 6 -14, received a free ticket to participate in th e Win with SETARcampaign. The winners were the following: Melony Maduro won a couple’s massage atTiera del Sol Spa; Margareth Maduro won the dinner for two at Gari & Wasabi and theSunset Sail for two persons of Red Sail Sports was won by Robert Koopman. Photosshow as Marketing executive is presenting two of the winners with their prizes.

Melony Maduro, Robert Koopman andMargareth Maduro are the winners ofSETAR’s Valentine’s Day campaign


AIG Assurances, which willsoon be re-branded as Char-tis, sponsored a return visit ofDushyant Savadia from theArt of Living Foundation,and a free workshop on Su-darshan Kriya Yogi breathingtechniques, known as S.K.Y.this past Sunday, February 26

at the San Nicolas YMCA. Mr. Dushyant comes from

India and has been touringthe region for the last coupleof months, imparting what isconsidered “practical wisdomfor improving the quality oflife” through yoga techniquesand S.K.Y. The Art of LivingFoundation is a non- profitorganization founded in 1981by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar,which operates in 151 na-tions. Mr. Dushyant had beenhas been teaching Art of Liv-ing courses for the last 11years and admits to oncebeing addicted to alcohol and

smoking while possessing avery aggressive personality,but was transformed com-pletely through these coursesand has since dedicated hislife to the Foundation tobring this knowledge to peo-ple across the world.

The organization’s pro-

grams are guided by Sri Sri’sphilosophy of peace: “Unlesswe have a stress-free mindand a violence-free society,we cannot achieve worldPeace.” To help individualsget rid of stress and experi-ence inner peace, The Art ofLiving offers stress-elimina-tion programs which includebreathing techniques, medita-tion and yoga. These pro-grams have helped millionsaround the world to over-come stress, depression andviolent tendencies.

The Art of Living is amulti-faceted organization

with one of the largest volun-teer bases in the world. Theinternational headquarters islocated in Bangalore, India.Globally, it operates as TheArt of Living Foundationformed in 1989 in the UnitedStates and Germany. Sincethen, local centers have beenestablished across the world.Other than expenses, AOLtrustees donate their time andreceive no formal remunera-tion, as all donations to thefoundation go to finance theirhumanitarian projects. Theproceeds from the sales ofThe Art of Living Publica-tions and Ayurveda products

are also directed to social ini-tiatives.

Yogi Dushyant explainedhow this stressful world pro-motes the increased produc-tion of cortisol, a naturallyoccurring steroid produced bythe adrenal gland, which hasits uses during certain phasesof pregnancy, but generallysuppresses the immune sys-tem and increases the releaseof sugars into the blood. Ac-cording the AOL it can alsoimpede focus and concentra-tion and weaken relation-ships. Through the use ofS.K.Y. breathing techniques,one can influence their emo-

tions, reduce the effects ofstress and promote the pro-duction of plasma prolactin,which counteracts cortisol,thus promoting increasedfeelings of elation and energy.

Those attending were in-structed in some simple exer-cises from which they reportan immediate response. NextArt of Living session will beconducted from 7:00 to 10:30p.m. beginning on Wednes-day, 29th February and com-plete on Saturday, the 3rdMarch at Renaissance Suites.For further information re-garding this course pleasecall 562-4722 or 737-3743 oremail them [email protected].

Rosalie Klein

AIG hosting workshops with Dushyant Savadiafrom Art of Living Foundation

Guru Dushyant with Prakash and Niti Gupta

The audience tries a simple exerciseGuru Dushyant encourages elation

Tuesday, February 28 , 2012 5

On the busy weekend wehad some very happy win-ners that try their luck atthe Palm Beach Casino.

Mr.Joe Hurley fromUSA won a total amount of$5000 at the slot machine“Double Gold”.

Also Mr.Franceschinifrom Brazil won a totalamount of $1557.45 at ourslot machine “Timber Wolf.”

Both winners were veryhappy to visit Palm BeachCasino.

More lucky Jackpot Winners at the Palm Beach Casinoat the Westin Resort!

Joe Hurley-$5000 Franceschini-$1558

(AFP)--Bermuda shortsmade a dramatic comebackat the Giorgio Armani cat-walk show at Milan FashionWeek on Monday, whichmixed modern cuts and vi-brant colours with throw-backs to the 1920s.

"The look is rockabilly,reflecting a fun, bad-girl at-titude," the Armani teamsaid, but the brand's mix ofmasculine clothes with fem-inine coloured prints in or-anges, fuchsias and redsreceived a mixed reaction inthe audience.

The show kicked off withgrey trouser suits topped offwith fedora-style hats worntilted with shiny flat shoes,giving the models a sexygangster look.

Black bermudas werematched with shocking neonorange and pink blouses andshirts, and one which gath-ered loosely up around theneck like a flower bud andworn under a snug black vel-vet jacket, sparked a roundof admiring applause.

There were faux fur lightand loose-fitting coats withsatin trim, loose satin skirtsto the knee and blackwoollen roll-neck jumpers,as well as shrugs with elec-tric blue lines and a peachdress covered in blackswinging beads.

Bermuda shorts areback with GiorgioArmani in Milan

QUITO (AFP) - Ecuador'sPresident Rafael Correa onMonday moved to defuse asimmering row over pressfreedoms, announcing a par-don of executives and a for-mer editor of a prominentnewspaper after a court leviedjail sentences and a $40 mil-lion fine."Although I know many do

not want any concessions tothose who do not deserve it, Idecided... to forgive the ac-cused, giving relief of the sen-tences that they deservedlyreceived," Correa said follow-ing sharp criticism over thecase by rights groups andpress freedom advocates.Groups have said the case

against the daily El Universowas a worrying example ofCorrea using heavy-handedmeasures to silence his critics.But Correa said on national

television that the case"demonstrated that we canfind and defeat the abuse ofmedia power. We won be-cause we were right and hadtruth on our side."

(AFP) -An Italian cruise ship from the same fleet as thetragedy-struck Costa Concordia was adrift in choppy seasoff the Seychelles with more than 1,000 people on boardfollowing an engine room fire on Monday. Fire crews onboard put out the blaze and no one was injured on the lux-ury ship, the Costa Allegra, but it was forced to make amayday call seeking assistance from nearby cargo shipsand there has been a power blackout. The Italian coastguard said the first vessel to come to the rescue, a 90-metre (295-foot) fishing trawler, was expected to arrive inthe area at around midnight Italian time (2300 GMT). Thetrawler was not expected to evacuate any passengers butwould help ensure radio contact as the Costa Allegra'scommunications equipment is currently relying on emer-gency batteries, the coast guard said.The much largerCosta Concordia, weighing more than 114,000 tons,crashed into the Italian island of Giglio last month with4,229 people from 60 countries on board in a tragedy thatclaimed 32 lives.

The move came afterNATO's International SecurityAssistance Force pulled all itsstaff out of Afghan ministriesat the weekend when two USadvisors were shot dead in theinterior ministry, apparentlyby an Afghan colleague. The Taliban said it was re-

venge for the Koran burning.The hardliners also claimed

that an "Afghan cook" work-ing on their behalf poisonedthe food of NATO troops atanother base in the sameprovince of Nangarhar. NATO's International Secu-

rity Assistance Force (ISAF)launched an investigation after"traces of bleach" were foundin fruit and coffee, aspokesman said.

(AFP) - A Taliban suicide carbomber targeting NATOtroops at an airport in easternAfghanistan killed nine peopleon Monday, the seventh day ofviolence over the burning ofthe Koran at a US airbase. The insurgents also said they

were behind an attempt to poi-son foreign troops, as the deathtoll from unrest and proteststhat spread to even usuallypeaceful parts of the war-rav-aged country hit about 40.The UN announced that it

was pulling its internationalstaff out of their base in thenorthern Afghan province ofKunduz after it came under at-tack Saturday by demonstra-tors protesting the burning ofthe Koran.

Tensions are running highbetween Britain and Argentinaover the Falklands, which Lon-don controls but Buenos Airesclaims, ahead of the 30th an-niversary in April of the startof the war between the two na-tions over the islands. Argentina has also reacted

angrily to the deployment ofPrince William to the Falk-lands as part of his job as aRoyal Air Force search andrescue pilot, and to a plannedfact-finding trip by Britishlawmakers next month. Carnival UK, which owns

both P&O and PrincessCruises, said in a statement theAdonia was now sailing to-wards Punta Arenas in Chile,its next port of call on an 87-night tour of South America. The Star Princess was on a

14-night South America cruisewhich started in Rio de Janeiroon February 18.


On Sunday, seven US soldierswere wounded in a grenade at-tack during an anti-US demon-stration at their base innorthern Kunduz province, po-lice said.The US embassy has been

in lockdown since the violenceerupted and has warned of a"heightened potential threat toAmerican citizens inAfghanistan". Afghan President Hamid

Karzai appealed on televisionfor calm, while condemningthe treatment of Islam's holybook.US President Barack

Obama has apologised for theburning of the Korans, whichofficials said were inadver-tently sent to the incinerator.

Taliban bomber kills nine atAfghan NATO base

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Effortsto evacuate foreign journalistsfrom the rebel-held Baba Amrdistrict of the flashpoint city ofHoms failed on Monday, aWestern diplomatic source inthe Syrian capital said."The evacuation of journal-

ists did not take place but threewounded Syrians were able toleave in Syrian Red Crescentambulances," the source said.A negotiator in the evacua-

tion efforts said they fellthrough "at the last minute afterambulances had entered BabaAmr" but declined to specify ifregime forces or rebels hadblocked the operation.An International Commit-

tee of the Red Crossspokesman in Geneva, mean-while, said the ICRC and theSyrian Red Crescent were bothoperating in Homs."The Syrian Red Crescent

volunteers entered Baba Amrto carry out the evacuation ofpersons who needed it and to

deliver medical assistance,"the spokesman said.The diplomat in Damascus,

speaking on condition ofanonymity, told AFP earlierthat talks and preparationswere taking place to rescuetwo wounded Western re-porters trapped in the besiegedBaba Amr district."It is extremely delicate and

the process could be blocked atany moment," the diplomat said.The ICRC has been negoti-

ating to rescue the woundedWestern journalists fromHoms -- under assault byregime forces for more thanthree weeks -- and retrieve thebodies of two others killedthere last week.British photographer Paul

Conroy and French reporterEdith Bouvier were woundedin the attack on Wednesdaywhich claimed the lives ofAmerican war correspondentMarie Colvin and French pho-tographer Remi Ochlik.

Foreign reporters remaintrapped in Syria's Homs

BUENOS AIRES(AFP) - TwoBritish cruise ships that visitedthe Falkland Islands were re-fused entry to an Argentinianport on Monday, amid tensionover the disputed archipelago.

The Adonia, owned byP&O cruises, and the PrincessCruises vessel Star Princesswere both blocked from enter-ing Ushuaia in southern Ar-gentina after both shipsstopped at the Falklands onweek-end. "We are very concerned to

hear the Adonia and StarPrincess have been refused ac-cess to the port of Ushuaia,"said a spokesman for Britain'sForeign Office. "There can beno justification for interferencein free and legitimate com-merce. "British diplomats inArgentina are urgently seekingto clarify the circumstancessurrounding this incident, andwe are in contact with the com-pany concerned."

Argentina blocks twoBritish cruise ships

International News

Ecuador leaderpardons fourin libel case

pears to have been a culture atThe Sun of illegal payments,and systems have been createdto facilitate those paymentswhilst hiding the identity ofthe officials receiving themoney."

Murdoch, who shut downthe tabloid's sister paper theNews of the World over aphone-hacking scandal lastyear, has pledged his supportfor the title, launching a Sun-day version of The Sun at the

LONDON (AFP) Journalistsat The Sun had a "network ofcorrupted officials" who pro-vided them with stories in re-turn for cash payments, a toppolice officer said Monday.

Deputy Assistant Commis-sioner Sue Akers told a publicinquiry into press standardsthat the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper -- Britain'sbest-selling tabloid -- had a"culture" of paying police, themilitary, health workers, gov-ernment and prison staff.

In a statement, Murdochconceded that such paymentshad existed but insisted: "Thepractices Sue Akers describedat the Leveson inquiry areones of the past, and no longerexist at The Sun."

Akers is leading ScotlandYard's bribery investigation,which has seen 10 current orformer Sun journalists arrestedsince November, as well as aserving police officer, a Min-istry of Defence worker and anarmy officer.

Updating the inquiry on itsprogress, she said: "There ap-

SPAIN: This handout picture released on February 27,2012 by the Spanish Ministry of Culture shows silvercoins part of the cargo of the19th-century Spanish war-ship the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes. Tons of goldand silver from the wreck of the 19th-century Spanishwarship arrived in Spain on February 25, 2012, more than200 years after a British fleet sank it. The arrival of thecargo from the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes sealedthe end of a five-year legal battle between Spain and theUS treasure hunters who hauled up the trove -- worth atleast 350 million euros ($470 million). AFP PHOTO

Goldman Sachs" in the comingweeks.

Texas-based Stratfor, whichdescribes itself as a "subscrip-tion-based provider of geopo-litical analysis", denounced thetheft of the emails as "a de-plorable, unfortunate -- and il-legal -- breach of privacy".

The first batch releasedMonday suggests that DowChemical, the parent companyof the firm responsible for the1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, paidStratfor to monitor campaign-ers for victims of the disaster,WikiLeaks claims.

The whistleblowing websitesaid emails also indicate thatCoca-Cola paid Stratfor to in-vestigate animal rights groupPeta.

WikiLeaks is siftingthrough the emails, datingfrom July 2004 to December2011, with 25 media partnersincluding Rolling Stone mag-azine and Italy's La Repub-blica newspaper, whilemembers of the public can alsoview the messages.

The emails document "theprivate lives and private lies ofprivate spies," WikiLeaksfounder Julian Assange said ata press conference in London.

LONDON (AFP) - WikiLeakson Monday began publishing ahuge tranche of emails fromUS intelligence firm Stratfor ina move the anti-secrecy web-site said revealed the "privatelies of private spies".

WikiLeaks claims over fivemillion emails from the com-pany will uncover "everythingfrom sinister spy tactics to aninsider trading scheme with


weekend.He insisted on Mon-day: "We have vowed to doeverything we can to get to thebottom of prior wrongdoingsin order to set us on the rightpath for the future. Thatprocess is well underway."

But embarrassing detailscontinue to emerge from theLeveson inquiry, which wasset up after the hacking row tolook at how the British pressoperate.

The Sun had 'network of corruptofficials': police

WikiLeaks publishes 'millions' of US intel firmemails

International News

"It's disgraceful because atthe same time bombs arefalling on Homs and othercities," he said.

With more than 7,600 peo-ple killed in the regime's unre-lenting violence againstprotesters, the French ministersaid he would plead for legalaction against the regime at ameeting in Geneva of the UNHuman Rights Council.

Juppe said he hoped to seethe international communityreflect on the conditions of areferral to the InternationalCriminal Court.

"This is a difficult dossier,"he said, adding that as Syriawas not a party to the Romeconvention establishing thecourt, the ICC could not initi-ate action itself so it would beup to the UN Security Councilto refer the matter.

That in itself would be dif-ficult due to the support of-fered there to Syria by Chinaand Russia.

"These sanctions do showeffect," said Austria's MichaelSpindelegger.

Some nations had alsourged a ban on phosphate ex-ports from Syria as the EU ac-counts for 40 percent of those.But Greece, which is one ofthe main buyers, opposed theban, sources said.

Nations doing extensivebusiness with Syria also ar-gued against full sanctionsagainst the central bank, fear-ing that such measures wouldhalt all trade and impact on theSyrian people.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU for-eign ministers slapped freshsanctions on Syria, including afreeze on its central bank as-sets Monday, as France sug-gested the Syrian regime bedragged before an internationalcourt.

"We are doing all we can tobring the widest possibleweight to bear on the Syrianregime and increase the stran-glehold on it," said British For-eign Secretary William Hague.

Moves to further restrict theregime's access to financewere key, he added at talkswith his 26 European Unioncounterparts.

Measures decided by theministers also included an as-sets freeze and travel ban onseven Syrian ministers, whoseidentities will be issued today.

The EU has already black-listed almost 150 Syrian enti-ties and people.

Also among the new re-strictive measures, the 12thround of EU sanctions so faragainst President Bashar al-Assad's regime, was a ban ontrade in gold and precious met-als.

Cargo flights to the EU op-erated by Syrians will not beallowed to land, but shouldthey be carrying passengersthey will be given access to EUnations.

"We will maintain the pres-sure" through more sanctions,said French Foreign MinisterAlain Juppe, who slammed theregime's controversial week-end vote on a new constitutionas "a sinister masquerade."

EU beefs up Syriasanctions

by Time magazine in 2011. But it only started taking off

in the United States, Canadaand Europe in the last fewyears -- its use boosted by sol-diers returning from Iraq andAfghanistan with missinglimbs, neuroscientist EricAltschuler, a mirror therapyexpert who works with Ra-machandran, told AFP.

At the Walter Reed ArmyMedical Center in Washing-ton, mirror therapy is now rou-tinely offered to amputees.

The neurological trickeryalso reached a wider audienceafter it featured in a 2009episode of "House", a popularUS medical drama.

But it is still largely un-known in Cambodia, a smallcountry with tens of thousandsof amputees as a result of traf-fic accidents, disease and, inmost cases, landmines leftover from decades of civil war.

Sumner, who says his ownbouts of phantom pain felt like"lightning bolts through myfoot", is determined to spreadthe message.

Backed by the Canadiannon-profit End The Pain Proj-ect, he is training dozens ofphysicians and amputeesacross Cambodia and, cru-cially in this impoverished na-tion, handing out free mirrors-- full-length ones for legs,half-length ones for arms.

Phantom pain is thought toaffect around 80 percent of allamputees and there are nodrugs that can cure it, butSumner stressed that the mir-ror method was not a quick fix.

Stephen Sumner to wriggle hisright toes and keep his eyes onhis foot's reflected image,super-imposed on the missingone.

"It's a new sensation. It'sstrange but in a good way," theformer soldier, who nowworks as a security guard, toldAFP. "I see my leg in the mir-ror and I feel happy, like mymind is at ease."

Sumner explains that the re-flection of the intact limb canfool the brain into "seeing"two healthy legs, allowing it toonce again send command sig-nals to the phantom leg -- sig-nals that would previouslycome back distressed becausethe limb was missing.

The theory, which alsoworks to ease phantom armsout of painful or cramped po-sitions, was developed in 1995by neuroscientist Vilayanur S.Ramachandran from the Uni-versity of California, SanDiego, named as one of theworld's most influential people

PHNOM PEN (AFP) PovSopheak lost his left leg in alandmine blast in 1990. Yetsome nights the pain in his"left foot" is so bad he cannotsleep. Like many amputees, hesuffers from phantom pain.

Now, after two decades ofagony, the Cambodian is em-bracing an innovative tech-nique that promises reliefsimply by using a mirror totrick the brain into "moving"the missing limb, allowing thepain to subside.

Sitting in a chair and hold-ing a full-length mirror againsthis leg, Sopheak, 50, smilesself-consciously as some twodozen physical therapistsgather around him.

It is their first mirror therapytraining session at the Cambo-dia Trust, a rehabilitation char-ity for amputees in the centralprovince of Kampong Chh-nang.

But Sopheak visibly relaxesas he follows the instructionsof visiting Canadian trainer


Health & Living Mirrors ease Cambodian amputees'phantom pain

1720 GMT due to "metabolicimbalance which seriouslythreatened his life," said thehospital in a statement.

"We are in deep sorrow oflosing our patient despite theceaseless efforts of nearly 200doctors and health personnelfor about 90 hours," it added.

The operation came on theheels of the country's first-everface transplant at anotherTurkish university hospital.

Last month, a team of doc-tors at Akdeniz University inthe southern city of Antalyasuccessfully performed the op-eration on a 19-year-old boywhose face was burned whenhe was a 40-day-old baby.

ANKARA (AFP) - A Turkishpatient who underwent whatwas touted as the world's firstquadruple limb transplant diedon Monday due to complica-tions, the hospital announced.

Fifty-two doctors fromAnkara's Hacettepe UniversityHospital performed the trans-plant on Friday, attaching twoarms and two legs to SevketCavdar.

But doctors had first re-moved one leg from the pa-tient after his heart andvascular system failed to sus-tain the limb and then the otherleg and two arms.

The patient, who was in theintensive care unit after the re-moval of the limb, died at

Patient dies afterTurkey quadruplelimb transplant

Health Tip:Avoid the Flu During Travel-- Plane or bus travel is a prime way to pick up or spread the flu.

Here are some steps you can take to help avoid getting others

sick or getting sick yourself.

•Get a flu shot before you travel.

•Pack a kit of hand sanitizer, soap, tissues and pain relievers.

•Don't travel if you don't feel well or suspect you might have

the flu.

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sue, rather than your hands.

•Wash your hands frequently with water and soap.

•Stay away from people who are sick. Try not to touch your

mouth, eyes or nose.

Cambodian amputees during a mirror therapy session.


(AFP) - Mobile phone giantNokia on Monday looked to alaunch in China and a camera-phone "revolution" to help itstage a comeback in thefiercely competitive smart-phone market after a dismal2011.

On the opening day of Mo-bile World Congress, with tensof thousands of industry exec-utives gathered, the Finnishfirm said it would push itsflagship Lumia smartphone se-ries, that run on the Windowsplatform, to the Asian giant.

Announcing that Windowsphones have now been madecompatible with Chinese mo-bile operating networks, JoHarlow, who heads the group'ssmart devices division, said:"That means Nokia will bringLumia to China."

Beyond eyeing the mas-sive Chinese consumer mar-ket, the group also unveiled anew phone called 808 PureView, which boasts a 41megapixel sensor technologydescribed by Harlow as a"revolution in smartphone im-aging."

The phone, featuring CarlZeiss optics, allows the userto capture an image beforezooming in and cropping orresizing to show previously

unseen details. Its 41 megapixels are also

far above the 8 or 10 megapix-els available on the markettoday and even beats manystand-alone digital cameras.

While Nokia mobile hand-sets were once ubiquitous, thefirm has been struggling to se-cure a foothold in the smart-phone market, with Lumia sofar failing to reverse fallingsales in its overall smartphonebusiness.

In the fourth quarter, Nokiasold just 19.6 million smart-phones -- 31 percent fewerthan in the same quarter of2010 and far behind market-leader Apple, which reported37 million units sold, and run-ner-up Samsung, with 36.5million smartphone sales.

Nokia eyes Chinain smartphonecomeback push

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Author-ities in Shanghai have accusedUS Fortune 500 battery makerJohnson Controls and severalother companies of emittingexcessive amounts of leadblamed for poisoning dozensof children.

The US giant denies a plantit owns was responsible for thepollution in the Chinese city'sKangqiao area, where 49 chil-dren, most of them aged be-tween one and three, werediagnosed with lead poisoningin September.

A report posted on theShanghai government's offi-cial microblog page blamedthree companies for lead pol-lution and said at least twowere directly responsible forthe children's condition.

"An investigation found thatJohnson Controls expanded itsproduction scale without ap-proval," the government said,adding the plant's lead emis-sions were excessive.

Two other companies --Shanghai Xinmingyuan Auto-mobile Parts Co Ltd andShanghai Kangshuo WasteRecycling Co Ltd -- were alsofound to be polluting the envi-ronment with lead. All threeplants have since been shutdown.

"The link between childrenwith excessive lead in theirblood in Kangqiao and John-son Controls' lead emissions isquite obvious and there is adefinite link with Xin-

mingyuan's lead emissions,"the government said.

Lead poisoning is consid-ered hazardous, particularly tochildren, who can experiencestunted growth and mental re-tardation.

Fraser Engerman,spokesman for Johnson Con-trols, denied the link.

"Through our monitoringand analysis of our plant'semissions data, we are confi-dent that the plant was operat-ing well below the levelsspecified by Chinese environ-mental regulations," he said inan email to AFP.

"Based on all availablefacts, Johnson Controls dis-agrees with any interpretationlinking our plant's operation toelevated lead exposure in theKangqiao area."

The other two companiesrefused to comment whencontacted by AFP.

According to Shanghai au-thorities, three of the childrenare still in hospital, but theyare getting better.

China's rapid industrialisa-tion over the past 30 years hasleft the country with wide-spread environmental damagethat has triggered numerouspublic health scares.

Last year, authorities in theeastern province of Zhejiangdetained 74 people and sus-pended work at hundreds offactories after 172 people --including 53 children -- fell illwith lead poisoning.

China accusesUS firm over childlead poisoning

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proposal -- will mean ashorter approval process oncea new route in Nebraska is de-termined that avoids the eco-logically sensitive Sandhillsarea, which lies above a vitalagricultural aquifer.

The White House wel-comed the re-application, say-ing "we support thecompany's interest in pro-ceeding with this project,which will help address the

OTTAWA (AFP) - Tran-sCanada Corp announcedMonday it would go aheadwith construction of part of itsKeystone XL oil pipeline thatdoes not require US presiden-tial approval, a stretch fromthe state of Oklahoma to theUS Gulf Coast.

The company also said itwill resubmit its proposal forthe entirety of the pipelinefrom Canada that was rejectedlast month by US PresidentBarack Obama, a move thatsparked an election-year rowover energy policy and the en-vironment.

The new presidential per-mit application would include"an alternative route in Ne-braska as soon as that route isselected," as well as an "al-ready reviewed route" inMontana and South Dakota,TransCanada added.

Company president RussGirling said he hoped thelengthy environmental reviewof the original project -- muchof it unchanged in the new

bottleneck of oil in Cushingthat has resulted in large partfrom increased domestic oilproduction, currently at aneight-year high."

Obama's office said in astatement that "moving oilfrom the Midwest to theworld-class, state-of-the-artrefineries on the Gulf Coastwill modernize our infrastruc-ture, create jobs, and encour-age American energyproduction.

"We look forward to work-ing with TransCanada to en-sure that it is built in a safe,responsible and timely man-ner, and we commit to takeevery step possible to expeditethe necessary Federal per-mits," the White House added.

Part of Keystone XL oil pipelineto go ahead: company

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BERLIN (AFP) - Germanlawmakers voted overwhelm-ingly Monday to endorse asecond multi-billion eurolifeline for Greece afterChancellor Angela Merkelwarned failure to act wouldrun incalculable risks.

Deputies voted by 496 to90, with five abstentions, toapprove the eurozone deal tohand Athens another 130 bil-lion euros ($175 billion)ahead of a key EU summitlater this week to ratify thepackage.

"The risks of turning awayfrom Greece now are incalcu-lable," Merkel told the 591lawmakers of the Bundestaglower house who had gath-ered for a special session tovote on the Greek package.

"No-one can assess whatconsequences would arise forthe German economy, onItaly, Spain, the eurozone asa whole and finally for thewhole world" of a Greekbankruptcy, she added.

But Merkel acknowledgedthat Greece faced a pathahead that was long and notwithout risk, adding: "Thatgoes also for the success ofthe new programme. Nobodycan give a 100-percent guar-antee of success."

The Bundestag vote wasnot in doubt after two of thethree opposition partiesvowed to support it but it wasdone with some reluctance.

"It's not an easy decision,"Gerda Hasselfeldt, of theChristian Social Union, theBavarian sister party ofMerkel's Christian Demo-cratic Union, said, warningthat solidarity was not "un-limited."

Despite the motion's ap-proval, German scepticismabout Greece remains.

"The Bundestag will in theforeseeable future be dealingwith a third (rescue) packagefor Greece," said SPD mem-ber Peer Steinbrueck, a for-mer finance minister, addingthat to really stabilise Greece,strong growth was needed.

Prior to the vote, GermanInterior Minister Hans-PeterFriedrich had caused a stir bysaying Greece should begiven "incentives" to leavethe eurozone so it could thenbetter put its fiscal house inorder.

While stressing he did notmean Greece should bekicked out of the 17-nationbloc, his comments to newsweekly Der Spiegel fly in theface of the government's re-peated wish for Greece to re-main in the eurozone.

For Merkel, it was impor-tant on the domestic politicalfront that she garneredenough support from withinher own camp to pass the mo-tion without the humiliationof having to rely on opposi-tion votes.

The latest package forAthens, hammered out by eu-rozone finance ministers lastweek, will come from the eu-rozone's current bailout fund,the EFSF, and does not re-quire the stumping up offresh funding.

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Boeing on Monday ridiculeda European offer to negotiatean end to its aircraft subsidiestrade war with the UnitedStates, citing the EU's failureto comply a WTO rulingagainst it.

Recent Airbus and Euro-pean suggestions that differ-ences could be ironed out intalks with no preconditionsare "risible," Boeingspokesman Charlie Millertold journalists in a confer-ence call.

"The whole case cameabout because the EuropeanUnion would not negotiatewith the United States" overclaims that state subsidies toAirbus were illegal underWorld Trade Organizationrules.

Washington was forced tofile a WTO complaint in2004 after certain Europeangovernments refused to giveBrussels the mandate to ne-gotiate the dispute, Millersaid.

Their "sudden desire" toget around the table "is onlytoo obvious when clearlythey have lost," Miller said.

In May the Geneva-basedWTO gave Brussels sixmonths to comply with find-ings that some EU subsidies,including aid for Airbus todevelop new aircraft --"launch aid" -- incompatiblewith certain specific criteria.

In a filing made on the De-cember 1 deadline, the Euro-pean Union claimed that ithad complied with the WTOruling.

But Washington chargesthat the EU had not met therequirements of the WTO rul-ing, and on December 9threatened to impose sanc-tions in retaliation, in a rangeof $7-10 billion a year.

Boeing ridicules EU offerfor aircraft subsidy talks

LONDON (AFP) - World oilprices sank on Monday asmany traders took profitsfrom nine-month highs strucklast week on worries aboutthe impact of heightened Irantensions on tight global oilsupplies.

The market was alsodented by the stronger UScurrency, which makes dol-lar-priced crude more expen-sive for buyers using weakercurrencies.

Crude futures had surgedon Friday, with London Brentstriking $125.55 per barreland New York crude hitting$109.95 a barrel. Both peakswere last reached in earlyMay 2011.

"The main driver at themoment is the ongoing ten-sions in Iran, with fears ofsupply disruptions sendingcrude prices soaring to a ninemonth high on Friday," saidSimon Denham, boss of trad-ing group Capital Spreads.

Oil prices slide

WASHINGTON (AFP) -US investment tycoon War-ren Buffet said Monday thathe had put 1.4 billion euros($1.9 billion) into Europeanstocks at the end of 2011,calling shares in good com-panies in Europe cheap.

In a rare foray outsidethe US market, the mega-billionaire's Berkshire Hath-away investment groupbought 175 million eurosworth of shares in each ofeight EU companies, whichhe declined to name.

"I just thought theseeight companies were ter-rific companies that werecheap," he told CNBC tele-vision.

"They obviously wereaffected by the Europeancrisis. In the end those eightcompanies I bought aregoing to be there 5,10, 20,50 years from now."

He admitted he did notknow the companies as wellas well as Berkshire's hugeinvestments like AmericanExpress or Wells Fargo.

"But I know them wellenough... These companieswill do fine whatever hap-pens in Europe. And therewill probably be plenty thathappens in Europe."

Buffett, ranked numberthree last year on Forbes' listof the world's wealthiestmen, has a fortune esti-mated at $39 billion built onthe investment success ofBerkshire, which hefounded and still activelyruns at 81.

Berkshire has mostlyconfined its investments toUS companies, so the pushinto European stocks is anew tack for Berkshire.

Buffett said that evenafter the runups in stock-markets over the past year,he still viewed stocks in theUnited States and elsewhereas better valued comparedto other investments.

"You have to invest insomething... Equities arestill cheap relative to anyother asset class."

Meanwhile he declinedto reveal whom his succes-sor is at the investmentgiant. On the weekend heannounced at the company'sannual shareholders meetingthat the Berkshire board hadchosen a successor, as wellas two back-up candidates.

"It could be tonight, itcould be five years fromnow. The board of directorsknows exactly who the per-son is the next morning," hetold CNBC.

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dience as he accepted hisOscar, the first for a Frenchactor.

After thanking the film'scast and crew -- adding to "mywife, I love you" -- he brokeinto French, using an expletiveand then saying, "Great!Thank you very much!"

In Paris, President NicolasSarkozy hailed the Oscar tri-umph as a sign of the "tremen-dous success of French cinemaand quality cinema."

Martin Scorsese's 3D ad-venture "Hugo" -- which hadthe most nominations, with 11

HOLLYWOOD (AFP) - Silentmovie "The Artist" crownedits spectacular awards seasonsuccess by winning five Os-cars including the Best Pictureprize at the 84th AcademyAwards on Sunday.

The French-directed black-and-white film earned Oscarsfor best director for MichelHazanavicius and best actorfor Jean Dujardin, who playeda silent movie era star whosecareer was torpedoed by thearrival of the "talkies."

"I love your country," Du-jardin told the Hollywood au-

The cast of "The Artist"

- Allen was in the running forbest picture honors for "Mid-night in Paris," along withSteven Spielberg's "WarHorse."

George Clooney and BradPitt both lost out to Dujardin,who had already won a slew ofawards for his turn as suaveGeorge Valentin.

Clooney had downplayedhis hopes of winning best actorbefore the show, saying on thered carpet: "I have a feeling inthe best actor race you're goingto hear someone speakingFrench."

The show was presented bya galaxy of stars, including lastyear's best actress and actorNatalie Portman and ColinFirth, Tom Cruise, PenelopeCruz, Tom Hanks and An-gelina Jolie.

Highlights included abreathtaking cinema-themedperformance by Canadiandance troupe Cirque du Soleil,including rapid-fire acrobaticsand tumbling across the stageand ceiling of the auditorium.

"Wow," said veteran hostBilly Crystal, presenting theshow for the ninth time. "Ipulled a hamstring just watch-ing that."

been all my life?"Hollywood's biggest and

most glittering night had longbeen expected to be a battlebetween "Hugo" and "TheArtist," two odes to film-mak-ing.

Other winners included theJohnny-Depp voiced "Rango,"for best animated feature andWoody Allen for best originalscreenplay for "Midnight inParis."

In the foreign language cat-egory, Iran's "A Separation"beat films from Belgium,Canada, Israel and Poland.

Its director Asghar Farhadidedicated the award to Irani-ans "who despise hostility andresentment," and referred tocurrent tension betweenTehran and the West over theIslamic republic's suspect nu-clear program.

Iranians took to the Internetand mobile phones to declaretheir pride and joy at theircountry's first Oscars win.

Only Iranians braving a banon satellite television receiverswere able to see the Oscarslive. But they quicklylaunched an avalanche of elec-tronic exchanges.

Scorsese was not the onlylegendary director in the mix -

compared to 10 for "TheArtist" -- also garnered fiveprizes, but all came in techni-cal categories.

Meryl Streep won best ac-tress for her powerful turn asformer British premier Mar-garet Thatcher in "The IronLady," earning a standing ova-tion from the A-list Holly-wood audience.

It was the third Oscar forthe 62-year-old Streep and herfirst in three decades, under-scoring her status as the pre-eminent actress of hergeneration.

Octavia Spencer took theprize for best supporting ac-tress for her role as a blackmaid in the civil rights drama"The Help," receiving a stand-ing ovation for her power-house performance.

Veteran Canadian actorChristopher Plummer, 82,crowned a six-decade actingcareer with a long-overdueOscar, a best supporting actortrophy for his role in "Begin-ners" as an ailing widowerwho embraces his homosexu-ality.

Kissing his coveted goldenstatuette, he joked: "You'reonly two years older than me,darling -- where have you


Silent film 'The Artist' crowned with Oscar gold


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"Financially, you know, Ihave all I need and can get thecoaches and the right practiceenvironment. But everybodyexpects you to be like yourbrother, which is really toughto achieve.

Novak sympathized."He has to face the pressure

of having the Djokovic sur-name," he said.

Novak was also in no doubtthat playing was easier thancoaching. "It was difficult forme to sit courtside," he said. "Ihave not done it too much.

"At least when I'm playingI know what's going on. But Iwas happy my brother got awild card. He is not at his levelyet, but he's getting there."

Novak Djokovic now has aday off before facing the win-ner between Omar Awadhy, awild card from the UAE, andSergiy Stakhovsky, the fierce-hitting Ukrainean who is capa-ble of a much higher level thanhis current ranking in the sev-enties.

Today Roger Federer, theGrand Slam record-holder,will start against Michael Llo-dra, the runner-up at the Mar-seille Open on Sunday.

And Andy Murray, the firstBriton since the 1930's toreach three Grand Slam finals,will face Michael Berrer, aqualifier from Germany, whileJo-Wilfried Tsonga, the worldnumber five from France, willplay Marcos Baghdatis, theformer Australian Open run-ner-up from Cyprus.

DUBAI (AFP) - World numberone Novak Djokovic experi-enced the emotions of victoryand defeat as he re-started hisseason at the Dubai Open withan unusual dual role on Monday.

Djokovic's 6-4, 6-2 winagainst Cedric-Marcel Stebe, atalented and improving youngGerman, was a resourcefulperformance given his five-week absence from competi-tion since his exhaustingAustralian Open triumph.

But it was preceded by aDjokovic defeat. That was his20-year-old younger brotherMarco, whom he was mentor-ing, and whose fate he seemedto experience almost asstrongly as his own.

Djokovic the triple GrandSlam champion, experimentedwith some extra net attacksand different tactical ploys,and yet retained the capacityfor a tighter focus after Stebegot him break point down at 1-2 in the second set.

But Djokovic the wild cardentry was playing only histhird match on the ATP Tourand was unable to do himselfmuch justice during a 6-3, 6-2loss to Andrey Golubev.

That may be a part conse-

quence of spending much of

last year sidelined after wrist

surgery. But Marco also offered

insights into the pressures of

having such a famous sibling.

"There are a lot of positive

and negative things about being

his brother, you know," he said.

World number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns toCedrik-Marcel Stebe of Germany.

Chisora had also slappedVitali in the pre-bout weigh-inbefore running away.

Wladimir says he expectsthings to stay peaceful, but istaking nothing for granted.

"We are only on Monday,things also started peacefullyin the press conference be-tween Vitali and Chisora," saidthe younger Klitschko, whoalso suffered from Chisora'sboorish behaviour when hespat in his face.

Despite his threats to de-throne the champ, all bar threeof Mormeck's 40 fights havebeen at the lighter weight in-cluding a technical knock-outat the hands of Haye at cruis-erweight in 2007.

The Frenchman has still en-joyed 22 knock-outs in 36 vic-tories, but has suffered fourdefeats in his career.

"Wladimir is a great boxerin every way, but I've beenpreparing for years for thismoment," said Mormeck, whoturns 40 in June.

35, to postpone the fight whichwill be the 60th of his career.

Klitschko has not beenbeaten since April 2004 whenhe suffered a fifth round tech-nical knock-out to LamonBrewster in Las Vegas andMormeck wants to break theUkrainian's winning streakand take his titles.

""I know that I am underes-timated against a bigger andheavier opponent," the 39-year-old Mormeck told AFP.

This will be Mormeck'sfourth heavyweight bout andKlitschko has said it will betough against a man who isconsiderably shorter than he iswith the challenger measuring181 cms, compared to Kl-itschko's height of 198 cms.

Klitschko's brother Vitalidefended his WBC heavy-weight title against Britain'sDereck Chisora a fortnight agoin Munich, but the sport'simage was tarnished by thepost-fight brawl betweenChisora and ex-championDavid Haye.


BERLIN (AFP) - WladimirKlitschko plans on makingJean-Marc Mormeck the 50thknock-out of his career on Sat-urday, while the Frenchmansays he is determined to be-come his country's first worldheavyweight champion.

World champion Klitschkowill defend his IBF, IBO,WBO and WBA titles againstMormeck, who stepped upfrom cruiserweight just overtwo years ago, in Dusseldorf.

The pair were scheduled tomeet last December, but kid-ney stones forced Klitschko,

Boxing: Klitschko out to make

Mormeck his 50th knock-out

SPORTS

Tennis: Djokovictastes victory anddefeat

holes to go 3 up, sinking a 25-foot birdie putt at 12.

At 13 Westwood's driveinto the gallery found its wayinto the back of a womanspectator's sweater as sheducked to protect her head asMcIlroy found the green.

Westwood pulled one backat 15 -- the first hole he'd wonsince the fourth, but two holeslater McIlroy closed it out witha par at 17.

Mahan won the first twoholes of his semi-final andnever trailed en route to hisvictory over Wilson.

In the consolation final,Wilson bounced back to beatWestwood 1 up.

a springboard. Just off the topof my head, it wasn't much ofa platform for Birminghamwhen they won the LeagueCup last season."

Cardiff-born Bellamy spent

last season on loan with his

hometown club in an unsuc-

cessful attempt to fire the team

into the Premier League and he

was quick to express his sym-

pathy for their painful defeat.

He made a point of shaking

hands with every Cardiff

player after the shoot-out and

said: "It was a little bit emo-

tional. I can only imagine the

disappointment they felt.

ify for the Champions Leagueand he reckons that target isstill achievable.

The Reds are currentlyseven points behind fourthplaced Arsenal with a game inhand and also have an FA Cupquarter-final against Stoke tocome, so Bellamy is deter-mined to ensure his team-mates don't rest on theirlaurels.

"The simple fact is there ispressure on the players at thisclub to perform at the highestlevel in every game and that iswhat we have to try andachieve.

"We will have to wait if it is

titles, joining Woods, Aus-tralian Geoff Ogilvy, NorthernIreland's Darren Clarke, SouthAfrican Ernie Els and PhilMickelson.

McIlroy looked a differentplayer from the one that ralliedpast Westwood in the marqueesemi-final.

After Westwood seized theearly advantage, winning threestraight holes from the secondto seize a 3 up lead, McIlroywon three of the next four tosquare the match, and won theninth to make the turn 1 up.

A fortuitous bounce on acart path at the 11th helpedMcIlroy halve the hole with apar. He then won the next two

They were both on the greenin two at 17, but McIlroy,needing to win the hole to ex-tend the match, left his 29-footputt short. Mahan left hisbirdie attempt from 21 feetabout a foot away and McIlroyconceded the tap-in to end it.

"I tried to claw myselfback, but I left myself toomuch work," McIlroy said.

With his victory Mahanwill move into the top 10 inthe world rankings for the firsttime in his career. Mahan alsoadded another elite WGC titleto his resume, after his tri-umph at the 2010 BridgestoneInvitational.

He became only the sixthplayer to win multiple WGC

Hunter Mahan celebrates with the Walter Hagen Cup after

winning the championship.

end of Wembley.The first trophy of

Dalglish's second spell as Liv-erpool manager is arguably theleast significant of the prizeson offer to England's top clubs,but Gerrard and team-mateCraig Bellamy both believe thesweet taste of victory shouldleave the squad hungry formore.

Welsh forward Bellamy,who delivered an impressiveperformance after coming offthe bench, knows the club'smain aim this season is to qual-

opponents in the first half andthen failed to close out the vic-tory after taking the leadthrough Martin Skrtel and DirkKuyt.

The penalty shoot-out wasequally nerve-shredding forLiverpool as Gerrard andCharlie Adam missed the firsttwo spot-kicks.

But Cardiff fared evenworse and a miss from Ger-rard's cousin -- Bluebirds de-fender Anthony Gerrard --finally brought relief to 30,000Liverpool fans packed into one

LONDON (AFP) - Liverpoolcaptain Steven Gerrard haschallenged his team-mates touse their dramatic League Cupfinal win over Cardiff as aspringboard to restore the clubto former glories.

Gerrard lifted Liverpool'sfirst silverware for six years atWembley on Sunday as theReds held their nerve to win 3-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw.

It was hardly a vintage per-formance from KennyDalglish's side, who fell be-hind to their Championship


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and led 124-112 at the end ofthe third but the East, behindthe three-point shooting ofJames, who made six of eightattempts from beyond the arc,battled back.

Deron Williams andDwyane Wade both missedthree-point attempts in thefinal seconds that could havegiven the East a lead or sentthe game into overtime.

"They beat us up all gameand we wanted to make agame out of it," James said ofthe late rally. "I had a keyturnover when we had oppor-tunity to tie game and so I ammad about that.

"But it was a great week-end. All-star weekend was agreat success and I am happyto be a part of it."

James was the MVP of the2006 and 2008 all-star gamesand he was playing alongsideMiami Heat teammate Wadewho was MVP in 2010. Wadefinished with 24 points, 10 re-bounds and 10 assists for theEast.

surpass Jordan for the mostcareer all-star points.

Four-time all-star MVPBryant vaulted past OscarRobertson and KareemAbdul-Jabbar before gettingthe record-setting points. Hepassed Jordan's previous markof 262 points by finishing offa dunk in the third quarter.

Bryant was making his14th straight all-star appear-ance which tied him withJerry West, Karl Malone, andformer Laker teammateShaquille O'Neal for the mostconsecutive all-star berths inleague history.

In last year's showcase inLos Angeles, hometown heroBryant scored 37 points in theWest's 148-143 win over theEast at Staples Center arena.

Eight-time all-star LeBronJames finished with 36 points,seven assists and six threepointers for the East who ral-lied in the fourth to make agame of it on Sunday.

The West had a command-ing 88-69 point lead at the half

ORLANDO (AFP) - KevinDurant scored 36 points asTeam West held on to beatTeam East 152-149 in the 61stNBA All-Star Game on anight when Kobe Bryantbroke Michael Jordan's careerpoints record.

Durant, who was namedmost valuable player of thegame, shot 14 of 25 from thefield and finished with sevenrebounds and three assists forthe West at the Amway Centerarena.

"This is a dream cometrue," Durant said. "Theseguys fed me the ball I am gladto be taking this trophy(MVP) back to OklahomaCity.

"I am happy I got MVP.Everything has been fun thisweekend I am glad we cameout on top."

The three-time all-star Du-rant got offensive supportfrom teammates Blake Grif-fin, who had 22 points andeight rebounds, and Bryantwho finished with 27 points to


MARANA (AFP) - HunterMahan beat Rory McIlroy 2and 1 to win the World GolfChampionships Match Playcrown Sunday, denying theNorthern Irishman's bid toclaim the world number oneranking.

Mahan moved 4 upthrough 10 holes then heldoff the reigning US Openchampion to become the firstAmerican to win the titlesince Tiger Woods in 2008.

McIlroy and Mahan hadreached the title match withsemi-final victories on Sun-day morning. McIlroy roaredback from 3 down to beatEngland's Lee Westwood 3and 1, while Mahan nevertrailed in a 2 and 1 victoryover fellow American MarkWilson.

McIlroy admitted it wastough to bounce back afterthe tense battle with West-wood -- who also had achance to supplant England'sLuke Donald atop the worldrankings by lifting the trophy.

"I knew that was going tobe the toughest thing for metoday, because I was gettingmyself up for that semi-finalmatch," McIlroy said.

"That's not an excuse," headded. "He was solid as ever.He's a deserving champion."

After McIlroy and Mahanhalved the first five holes,Mahan stuck a nine-iron twofeet from the pin for a con-ceded birdie to win the par-three sixth.

That started a run of threestraight holes won for theAmerican, who went 4-up bywinning the 10th hole, wherehis approach from 179 yardsout nearly found the cup.

McIlroy didn't win a holeuntil the 11th, where hechipped in for eagle to lie 3down.

He rolled in a birdie puttfrom within eight feet at 14 totrim Mahan's lead to 2 up.

After they halved 15 withbirdies, Mahan had a chanceto close it out at 16, where hisputt for the title brushed theedge and didn't drop.

He made the three-footercoming back to halve thehole with McIlroy, whosebirdie attempt from 38 feethad stopped less than twofeet from the hole.

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