Friday, September 21, 2012

The United Nations' (UN) In-ternational Day of Peace iscelebrated on September 21each year to recognize the ef-forts of those who haveworked hard to end conflictand promote peace. The In-ternational Day of Peace isalso a day of ceasefire – per-sonal or political.

What do people do?On the International Day

of Peace, also known asPeace Day, peoplearound the world takepart in various activ-ities and organizeevents centered onthe theme“peace”. Eventsvary from pri-vate gatheringsto public con-certs and fo-rums involvinglarge audiences.Activities in-clude:

* Interfaithpeace ceremonies.

* A toast for peace.* A peace choir.* Lighting candles.* Peace prayers.* A peace convoy of vehi-

cles.* Tree planting for peace.*Art exhibitions promoting

peace.* Peace walks.* People from diverse reli-

gious and spiritual back-grounds also commit toorganizing an InternationalDay of Peace Vigil. Somegroups observe a minute of si-lence at noon in every timezone across the world on PeaceDay.

Public lifeThe UN’s International Day

of Peace is a global observanceand not a public holiday. It is aday when nations around theworld are invited to honor a ces-sation of hostilities during theday.

BackgroundA UN resolution estab-

lished the International Day of

Peace in 1981 to coincide withthe opening of the UN GeneralAssembly. The first Peace Daywas celebrated in 1982 andwas held on the third Tuesdayof September each year until2002, when September 21 be-came the permanent date forthe Interna-t ional

D a yof Peace. The assembly de-cided in 2001 that the Interna-tional Day of Peace should beannually observed on Septem-ber 21 starting from 2002. Bysetting a fixed date for the In-ternational Day of Peace, theassembly declared that the day

should be observed as a day ofglobal ceasefire and non-vio-lence.

By creating the Interna-tional Day of Peace, the UNdevoted itself to worldwidepeace and encouraged peopleto work in cooperation for thisgoal. Since its inception, Peace

Day has marked personaland planetary

progress towardpeace. It has

grown to in-clude millionsof peopleworldwideand manyevents areo rg a n i z e deach year tocommemo-rate and cele-

brate this day.Symbols

The peacedove flying with

an olive branch inits beak is one of the

most commonly featuredsymbols for the day. In Ju-

daism, Christianity, and Islama white dove is generally a signfor peace. The dove can alsorepresent “hope for peace” or apeace offering from one personto another, hence the phrase“to extend an olive branch”.Often, the dove is representedas still in flight to remind peo-ple of its role as messenger.

International Day ofPeace

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, Tripoli: Mohamed al-Megaryef, president of Libya's ruling national assembly(L), delivers his speech near a portrait of late US Ambas-sador to Libya Chris Steven and an Arabic sign whichreads "Thanks Chris" during a ceremony held yesterdayin Tripoli. (AFP PHOTO)

Friday, September 21, 2012

Libya honors ChrisStevens

balance between project de-velopment and constructionactivities on the one hand andcareful conservation of ournatural he ritage on the otherhand the scales have tipped tothe disadvantage of our natu-ral heritage.

Aruba Birdlife Conserva-tion therefore makes a plea togive the following areas aspecial status of protection.These areas are: the Califor-nia Dunes, Imporant BirdArea Tierra del Sol, SalinaMalmok, Salina Palmbeach,Bubaliplas (IBA), SeroTeishi, Spaan Lagoen (Ram-sar area), Mangel Halto, RooiBringamosa, Rooi Taki, RooiManoonchi, IBA Reef islandsOranjestad, Magrove areas,Rooi Lamoenchi, Salina Sa-vaneta, IBA reef islands SanNicolas and a strip of landalongside the coast in SeroeColorado.

Aruba Birdlife Conserva-tion is very pleased that thedifferent parties in Parliamenthave requested the founda-tion to submit an official re-quest and the foundation nowhopes that Parliament willhonor the request and savethe aforementioned natureareas for future generations.

The president of Parlia-ment, mr Paul Croes, a per-son also known for his beliefsin protection and conserva-tion of our nature, acceptedthe petition on behalf of Par-liament.

tion.The policy of the govern-

ment is based on “GoingGreen,” which does not onlyinclude all facets of green en-ergy but also care for the en-vironment and emphasis onnature conservation. The pro-gram of the government asfar as green energy is con-cerned is being executed. Re-cently the government hasalso taken measures to put anend to illegal dumps and topeople throwing trash allover the island.

In the government’s goalof “Going Green” more at-tention needs to be paid to na-ture conservation. In the

On Friday, September 14th,Aruba Birdlife Conservationpresented the president ofParliament, drs. Paul Croes,with a petition to protect anumber of special nature re-serves on Aruba and makethem part of Parke Arikok.

This petition was submit-ted at the request of severalparties in parliament in con-nection with the presentationgiven by Aruba Birdlife Con-servation during the publichearing about the secondwindmill park in May 2012.The president of Parliament,drs. Paul Croes, invited drs.Greg Peterson into his officeto further explain his peti-

Petition to protect special nature

reserves submitted to Parliament

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ORANJESTAD -- Wednes-day morning, the Aruba Cen-tral Parliament Commissiondecided to add the Uriramawindmill park matter on theiragenda. Not too long ago areport was prepared byKEMA having to do with thepotential effects of the wind-mills. This reputable organi-zation prepared an in-depthreport in which they de-scribed the effects that thewindmill project would haveon the vicinity. The report re-vealed that there would be noadverse effect from the wind-mills on the health of peoplein the area of the windmills.

Notwithstanding, becauseof the questions coming fromthe community and the pre-occupation that exists aboutthe adverse health aspects itwill cause, this report hasbeen brought under seriousquestion as to its partiality orimpartiality. Hence, the AVPfraction decided on Wednes-day to request a new inde-pendent evaluation, withspecial focus on the potentialhealth impact for citizens inthe area.

Impartial EvaluationTo ensure that the MER

evaluation and the evaluation

of the potential health risk isconsidered impartially, theyhave proposed charging anindependent, impartial, pro-fessional organization to dothe report. They chose tohave renowned Dutch Com-missie Mer do the work. InHolland they instituted acommission by law to evalu-ate MER reports and to pro-vide impartial information onthese reports. It is for this rea-son that Dutch courts rely onand put great value on the re-sults of this commission. Thecommission, for example, re-quires that the financing forsuch an evaluation should be

paid by an im-partial organiza-tion and not bythe developers.This means thatpayment forpreparing such areport mustcome from any-one other thanthe parties whohave an interestin the project. Inour case, theAruba Parlia-ment has de-cided to foot thebill for this newreport and notthe developer ofthe project.

For informa-tion on the Com-missie Mer,visit: www.com-miss iemer.n l .The Central Commission ofParliament has approved theproposal to use CommissieMer, and have agreed to payfor the report. They intend tobegin working on this reportas soon as possible.

This is good news forthose interested in getting anobjective and impartial eval-uation of the potential healthrisks involved in this wind-mill project to be stationed atUrirama.

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Parliament Commission requests new report on

windmill project

Arafat for analysis," saidQidwa, president of the YasserArafat Foundation.

"It would be better if ananalysis of the body were totake place in the framework ofan international commission ofinquiry, to be set up withoutdelay," he said, speaking bytelephone from Switzerland.

that it was death by poisoningwith unknown substances,there was evidence in this di-rection, and we have said sofrom day one," nephew Nasseral-Qidwa told AFP.

"It is not logical that when-ever someone wants a com-mission of inquiry they comeup with the exhumation of

RAMALLAH (AFP) - Thenephew of Yasser Arafat saidyesterday that he opposedFrench plans to exhume thePalestinian leader's body tocheck claims he was poisonedand favoured instead an inter-national commission of en-quiry.

"We have always thought

very seriously and does notmiss any training sessions. Heis intent on learning from hiscoaches as they help make hima well developed athlete.

Aruba and his sponsor arevery proud of Renald. We wishRenald great success in Or-lando along with his col-leagues traveling with him.

Aruban youth, RenaldThiel is heading off to Or-lando, Florida to continuehis advanced Bowlingtraining at the Kegel Cen-ter.

Renald Thiel is one ofAruba’s gifted bowlers.His local sponsor, TacoBell, is taking care of hisoutfit and the two yearlytrips to the Kegel Center.After being selected herein Aruba last April, hetrained with his col-leagues and representedAruba at the internationalSebelen tournament inSanto Domingo. There hewon first place in doubles,first place in Team, thirdplace in the individual cate-gory, and fifth place in Es-calera. Most of Renald’sinternational tournaments werefirst place wins. He has re-turned home in the past withseveral first prizes in interna-tional tournaments.

Renald takes his bowling

Renald Thiel continuesbowling training inOrlando


Arafat nephew opposes French exhumation plan

Recently, the Aruba Tourism Authority honored a verynice lady as Ambassador of Goodwill of Aruba. The ho -noree is Mrs. Beatrice Logan from Brooklyn NY. who isstaying at the Divi Phoenix Beach Resort . The certificatewas presented to her by Mr. Ernest Giel representing theAruba Tourism Authority together with Ms. Jennifer rep-resenting the Aruba Divi Phoenix Resort.

Mrs. Beatrice Logan honored atthe Divi Phoenix

force is also represented. Previous meetings of the

Sanctions Working Groupwere held in Paris, Washing-ton and Doha (Qatar). In TheHague, financial sanctionsare receiving extra attention.Financial experts are beingconsulted, for example onhow to prevent sanction eva-sion and identify suspecttransactions.

Participants are also dis-cussing how to encouragecompanies to stop doingbusiness with the Syrianregime, for example by warn-ing them of the damage totheir reputation. The lifting ofsanctions for defectors is alsounder consideration, thoughthis does not mean that anycrimes they have committedwill be ignored.

more countries to imposesanctions. Ten new countriesare participating in the meet-ing, including Colombia andNew Zealand. Countries thatalready have sanctions inplace are talking about ex-panding them. To make exist-ing sanctions as effective aspossible, ways are beingsought of closing loopholesand improving cooperationbetween public authoritiesand the private sector. Thisincludes compiling a list ofgovernment contact points indifferent countries wherecompanies can obtain infor-mation.

Participants include all theEU countries, the UnitedStates, Canada, Australia, allthe Gulf States, Jordan,Turkey and the Arab League.The Syrian Economic Task-

THE HAGUE, The Nether-lands -- Diplomats from over60 countries are meeting inThe Hague to tighten thesanctions against the Syrianregime and improve their en-forcement. This fourth meet-ing of the Friends of theSyrian People InternationalWorking Group on Sanctionsis being hosted by foreignminister Uri Rosenthal andco-chaired by Canada andTunisia.

In his opening address, MrRosenthal said: 'By imposingsanctions we are sending animportant message and help-ing to further isolate theregime. But sanctions willonly have an impact if theyare carried out effectively.That is how we can make adifference.'

The aim is to encourage


Dutch National Government: Over 60

countries step up sanctions against

Syria

Green Village to feature diffe -rent musical forms one area tothe next to please all sorts ofmusic lovers.

Finally, the ElectronicStage will showcase perfor -mers never before in Aruba.Live Spinning action from DJ.Big Rig, Nutz Beatz, Mista Teeand Mitchell Nieymer and MCMr. VI from Holland, are ex-pected to light up the night.

This year, Green Villagewill feature an Art Corner,where everyone can expressthemselves by producing somegreat street art on some verycool Heineken gear. The themeof this year’s party is “It’s Allabout You,” and everyone at-tending will have a chance tolive it.

The party starts at 7:00 PM.Tickets are on sale now for 25Aruban florins, ($14.) atValero stations at Boulevard,Palm Beach, Essoville andSanta Cruz. Other outlets fortickets are Bula Surfshop,Manuelito’s and Dragon CD.

by Rosalie Klein

For the fourth consecutivehear, Heineken will transformSan Nicolas into “the biggestmusic festival on the island.”Manager Tirso Tromp wasjoined by Mark Benson Denzof Elite and 24ora.com andMarketing Coordinator YadiraSankatsing in making the an-nouncement at Casi Bari Caféon Wednesday afternoon.

On Saturday, September 29,San Nicolaas will boastTHREE soundstages, with anall new, high tech sound sys-tems. One will feature thehottest reggeaton artist fromColombia, J Balvin. Jamaicansinger Gyptian will be per-forming his chart toppingsongs while sharing the mainstage will be great local bands,Le Groove, D’Licious, Up-grade Music and Mike’s Disco.

The “legendary” HeinekenBridge will host the urbanstage, with local urban talents:DJ Vibes, DJ 101, Basic Oneand Curacao talents Dj. Zoontj& RO1 and Da Ridlaz. It hasalways been the template of

Green Village 2012 isalmost here

Yadira Sankatsing, Tirso Tromp and Mark Benson Denz

See you at Green Village

mounting speculation that Is-rael is planning a militarystrike on Iran's nuclear facili-ties. Iran's President MahmoudAhmadinejad is to speak at theUN General Assembly ofworld leaders next week.

A series of reports by theInternational Atomic EnergyAgency, the UN nuclearwatchdog, have said Iran isstepping up uranium enrich-ment and not providing proofthat its nuclear activities arepeaceful.

The western powers sayIran is seeking a nuclear bombbut the Tehran governmentsays its drive is peaceful.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -The United States, Britain andFrance warned Iran yesterdaythat time is running out for anegotiated settlement to theshowdown on its nuclear pro-gram.

"Time is wasting," US am-bassador Susan Rice told a UNSecurity Council meeting onnuclear sanctions against Iran.

Iran is "at a crossroads,"Britain's UN envoy Mark LyallGrant told the meeting atwhich western nations alsoslammed Iran for its arms de-liveries to Syria and allegedlinks to terrorism.

The meeting was held amid

found itself in the firing lineafter the French satiricalweekly Charlie Hebdo printeda batch of cartoons caricatur-ing the founder of Islam, in-cluding two showing himnaked.

French authorities banned ademonstration planned for Sa -turday in front of Paris's GrandMosque, and will close diplo-matic missions, cultural cen-tres and French schools inaround 20 Muslim countriestoday.

The French interior mi -nistry has said it will deny allrequests for permits to protestthe film after a demonstrationlast weekend near the US em-bassy in Paris turned violent.

Leaders of France's Muslimcommunity -- the largest inwestern Europe -- said an ap-peal for calm would be read inmosques across the countrytoday but also condemnedCharlie Hebdo for publishing"insulting" images.

sprang out of the protest move-ment against the privately-pro-duced film or whether it was apre-planned assault by an or-ganised Islamist faction.

But US President BarackObama's spokesman called thekillings a "terrorist attack" andsaid officials were probing re-ports that the militants couldhave links to Al-Qaeda or itNorth African offshoot.

Separately, US Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton an-nounced that a senior panelwould be appointed to reviewsecurity in the wake of thekillings. She was also to brieflawmakers on the investigationinto the attack.

US interests bore the bruntof the first wave of protests,after Christian activists re-leased a trailer for an amateur-ish movie, "The Innocence ofMuslims", depicting theProphet Mohammed as a thug-gish sexual deviant.

But this week France also

ISLAMABAD(AFP) - Thou-sands of Pakistanis attemptedto storm Islamabad's diplo-matic enclave yesterday, asanger mounted across theMuslim world over perceivedWestern insults to the ProphetMohammed.

Similar demonstrationstook place in several countries,as the anger that erupted whena US group of Christian ex-tremists released a crudely-made film attackingMoha m med was further stokedby caricatures in a Frenchmagazine.

In a foretaste of what mightcome when tens of millions ofMuslims leave their mosquestoday after weekly prayers,crowds in Nigeria, Iran andAfghanistan chanted: "Deathto France. Death to America.Death to Israel."

In Islamabad, police firedteargas and live rounds as theydefended the heavily-guardeddiplomatic district, home toWestern embassies includingthe US, British and Frenchmissions, against mobs ofclub-wielding protesters.

Dozens of officers werewounded and a police postburnt to the ground beforearmy troops were eventuallycalled in to disperse the pro-testers, who had breached awall of shipping containers de-signed to hold them back.

Western missions are onhigh alert as the United Statesinvestigates a deadly attack onone of its consulates in Libya,and ahead of today's prayers,which are often a prelude toprotest in the Muslim world.

The White House con-firmed that FBI investigatorssuspected that Al-Qaeda mayhave been linked to the Sep-tember 11 attack in the Beng-hazi compound, which leftfour US officials dead, includ-ing the ambassador to Libya.

It is not yet clear whetherthe attack by armed militants

Western missions under siege as

Muslim riots spread

considered illegal by local au-thorities; that is, to date, India,Indonesia. Malaysia and SaudiArabia."

YouTube last week re-stricted access to the film inEgypt and Libya after unrest inthose countries, and has beenadding countries to the list.Some others including Pak-istan and Sudan, have blockedaccess themselves.

The US actress also filed alawsuit against the reportedproducer of the film, NakoulaBasseley Nakoula, on groundsof invasion of privacy, fraud,slander and intentional inflic-tion of emotional distress.

The 55-year-old EgyptianCopt and convicted fraudster -- out on parole -- lives in LosAngeles and has admitted toworking on the film, "Inno-cence of Muslims."

US media say Nakoulawrote and produced the film,using the pseudonym SamBacile before being identified.He was questioned overnightFriday by police before goinginto hiding with his family.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A USjudge rejected yesterday a re-quest by an actress in the anti-Islamic video that set offviolent Muslim protests to banYouTube from showing thetrailer in the United States.

Los Angeles Superior CourtJudge Louis Lavin refused therequest by lawyers for actressCindy Lee Garcia for a restrain-ing order to prevent the onlinevideo-sharing service from con-tinuing to show the trailer.

Garcia is one of three ac-tresses in the film to havecome forward with similar ac-cusations since the explosionof violence that ripped throughMuslim countries in the Mid-dle East, Africa and Asia lastweek.

She sued YouTube and itsowner Google for releasing ex-cerpts of the very amateurishfilm, which was later dubbedinto Arabic and made to showMohammed as a thuggishwomanizer.

YouTube said Wednesday itextended its restrictions on thevideo to "countries where it is


International newsUS judge rejects call to ban

YouTube anti-Muslim film

West warns Iran time running

out for nuclear accord

Photo depics Mexican soldiers guarding the entrance tothe prison in Piedras Negras . A judge ordered the de-tention yesterday of 16 officials and guards at the prisonnear the U.S. border where the brutal Zetas drug cartelorchestrated a mass escape of 131 inmates. The judgeruled that the prison director, two top aides and 13 otherprison employees be held for 40 days under a form ofhouse arrest pending possible charges. The judge saidthere was credible evidence prison employees aided theescape. Two inmates have been captured but 129 remainon the loose. Police and soldiers are hunting for the fugi-tives in neighboring states where the ultra-violent Zetasdrug cartel operates

"Was it anything in the songthat was nasty to other peo-ple?" asked the Nobel laureate,who was freed at the end of2010 after spending much ofthe previous 15 years underhouse arrest.

Three members of PussyRiot were convicted in Augustof hooliganism motivated by re-ligious hatred, and sentenced totwo years in a labor camp, for aperformance against VladimirPutin in an Orthodox cathedral.

The band is scheduled tobegin an appeal on October 1.

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Democracy icon Aung SanSuu Kyi called for the release"as soon as possible" of punkband Pussy Riot -- whosemembers are jailed in Russia -- during an event organized byAmnesty International.

The opposition lawmaker,currently visiting the UnitedStates, said that she "wouldlike the whole group to be re-leased as soon as possible," ina response to a question posedduring her discussion with 300youths.

tacked by Islamist protestersangered by an amateur movieproduced by private US Chris-tian groups deemed insultingto the Prophet Mohammed.

But the gang that stormedthe compound and torched theconsulate was heavily-armed,and Libyan officials have saidthat a militant group took ad-vantage of the protest to launcha pre-planned attack.

"The best information wehave now, the facts that wehave now indicate that this wasan opportunistic attack on ourembassy," Olsen told the Sen-ate Homeland Security Com-mittee on Wednesday.

There is an ongoing investiga-tion," Carney said.

The attack, which left fourAmericans including US Am-bassador Chris Stevens dead,was carried out on the 11th an-niversary of the September 11attacks and amid protests in theMuslim world against an anti-Islamic film.

Benghazi was the cradle oflast year's Libyan revolt thatousted strongman MoamerKadhafi, and the region is stillprey to several loosely-orga-nized militia groups with vary-ing degrees of ties to theinterim government.

Initial reports suggested theUS consulate had been at-

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Lastweek's deadly assault on theUS diplomatic mission in theLibyan city of Benghazi was a"terrorist attack" by militantswho may have had Al-Qaedaties, the White House said yes-terday.

"It is self-evident that whathappened in Benghazi was aterrorist attack," White Housespokesman Jay Carney said, ina statement read to reporters onAir Force One.

"We are looking at indica-tions that an individual in-volved in the attack may havehad a connection to Al-Qaedaor Al-Qaeda affiliates," headded, citing Matthew Olsen,the director of the US NationalCounterterrorism Center.

"This is the best informa-tion what we have right now.

standing and a violent reaction."As Secretary (of State

Hillary) Clinton said last week,the United States governmenthad nothing to do with thismovie. We reject its messageand its contents. We find it dis-gusting and reprehensible."

The Ennahar article soughtto make a link between theUS-produced low-budgetmovie "Innocence of Mus-lims" and cartoons of theProphet Mohammed publishedon Wednesday by French satir-ical weekly Charlie Hebdo.

The paper's front page car-ried a photograph of a smilingLevy reading a copy of a pre-vious issue of the Frenchweekly that also offended con-servative Muslims and theheadline: "The Zionist Levybehind the campaign to attackthe Prophet."

Contacted by AFP by tele-phone, Ennahar director AnisRahmani at first insisted: "AtEnnahar, we never use lies ortrickery to defend the cause ofour Prophet."

But he later confirmed thatthe controversial article hadbeen removed from Ennahar'sonline edition.

ALGIERS (AFP) - Washing-ton sought a retraction yester-day from an Algeriannewspaper that linked the slainUS ambassador to Libya withthe US-based producer of amovie mocking Islam that hassparked protests around theworld.

The US embassy in Algierssaid Ambassador ChrisStevens, killed with three otherAmericans in an assault by anangry mob on the consulate inLibya's second city Benghazi,had no connection to the film.

It described a photographpublished by the Arabic-lan-guage Ennahar newspaper thatpurported to show Stevenswith the movie's producer SamBacile and pro-Israeli Frenchphilosopher Bernard-HenryLevy as "doctored" and the ac-companying article as "ficti-tious."

"Ambassador Stevens hadno association with the repre-hensible and disgusting filmand cartoon or the men behindthem," the embassy said.

"The US embassy urges En-nahar to retract this article andphoto and not spread rumoursthat may result in misunder-


International news

US seeks anti-Islam movie

retraction from Algeria

paper

OSLO (AFP) - A Norwegianappeals court upheld yester-day the guilty verdicts of twomen in a plot to bomb a Dan-ish newspaper that had pub-lished cartoons of the ProphetMohammed, local mediasaid.

The men were arrested in2010 for planning to blow upthe offices of the Jyllands-Posten daily that had pub-lished 12 caricatures of theMuslim prophet in Septem-ber 2005.

In January, an Oslo districtcourt sentenced Norwegiannational Mikael Davud, amember of China's Uighurminority considered the mas-termind of the plot, to sevenyears behind bars.

It handed Shawan SadekSaeed Bujak, an Iraqi Kurdresiding in Norway, a three-and-a-half-year term.

While the appeals courtupheld the verdict yesterday,the decision concerned onlythe men's guilt and not thelength of their sentences.

The court failed to cometo a decision over the guilt ofa third man, David Jakobsen-- an Uzbek arrested at thesame time as Davud andBujak -- according to Nor-way's NRK broadcaster.

Jakobsen was acquitted inJanuary of the most seriouscharges but was sentenced tofour months' jail for helpingthe others procure bomb-making material.

Oslo courtupholdsguilty verdictin Prophetcartoon case

WASHINGTON -- A US federal judge refused to ruleWednesday on whether the man who opened fire at pre -sident Ronald Reagan should be freed, ordering a psy-chiatric hospital to submit a new plan. US District JudgePaul Friedman gave the hospital until October 19 to dis-close its plan for John Hinckley, who has been held therefor 30 years. Since 2009, Hinckley has been granted 10consecutive days per month of freedom to visit hismother.

US probing possible Al-Qaeda link to

Libya killings

Suu Kyi calls for release of'Pussy Riot' singers

don’t get these people into aprotected environment at thatmoment, we could lose them;it is a very delicate situationand requires an immediate re-sponse.”

For this reason, F.U.N.O.Mhas established their ownhouse in San Nicolas, wherethey have four subjects livingalready; they hope to eventu-ally accommodate a dozen.To support the home, they areembarking on this currentfundraising campaign.

F.U.N.O.M volunteers willbe at street corners with col-lection cans, and yellowboxes with their logo will bestanding at various establish-ments. Contributions can bemade directly to their CMB

bank account: 600 311 002.

They encourage islanders tosupport them in this impor-tant effort of rehabilitatingAruba’s “lost souls,” to returnto their families and again be-come productive members ofthe community. For more in-formation and updates ontheir efforts, visit theF.U.N.O.M page on Face-book. If needing assistance orwishing to volunteer, contactthem at 584-4755, cel num-bers: 568-8891 or 565-3351,or via e-mail: [email protected].

by Rosalie Klein

addicts Juni Diaz and PedroWilson explained they wereout on the streets, connectingwith substance abusers andoffering them alternatives.Prior to this time, they wouldbring them to various centersaround the island, but nowthey feel they need to responddirectly to particular needs.“When an addict calls andtells us they need helpNOW,” explained Pedro,“they are not talking aboutafter the days it may take toprocess paperwork. If we

Established in 2009, the Fun-dacion Un Oportunidad Mas,F.U.N.O.M, or “One MoreChance,” has been helpingaddicts off the street to re-claim their lives. F.U.N.O.M.Volunteer Sullivan Suther-land, was joined by otherboard members in announc-ing changes in policy andmethods, while informing thepublic they will be conduct-ing a major fundraising effortfrom Monday, September 24,for one week, until October 1.

Volunteers and recovered

“One More Chance” Foundation, F.U.N.O.M., announcesfundraising campaign


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FUNOM offering a helping hand without discrimination

Sullivan Sutherland and Pedro Wilson

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flagship product -- one of thetech-world's most eagerly an-ticipated launches -- has a richfour-inch (10-centimetre) dis-play and is compatible withhigh-speed "LTE" telecomnetworks.

"Smartphones have dramat-ically evolved every year... Ifthis trend continues, they mayget even more sophisticatedthan PCs within a few years,"he said.

Gree has rapidly grown inthe business of online socialgames, which Tanaka said hasgreat potential, especially inemerging economies, thanksto the popularity of more uni-versal models of smartphone.

Japanese gaming titan Nin-tendo did not have a booth atthe Game Show, but industrywatchers flocked to softwaredevelopers who were usingdemonstration versions of theupdated Wii U controller waybefore its release.

Sony Computer Entertain-ment will launch a slicker andlighter PlayStation 3 this au-tumn.

More than 200 companiesfrom 19 states and regions arerepresented at the glitzy event,which is expected to attract195,000 people before itcloses on Sunday, KyodoNews said.

MAKUHARI (AFP) - Sophis-ticated gameplay and cheapdownloads that are fuelling aboom in software for smart-phones and tablets were ondisplay at the Tokyo GameShow, the biggest of its kind inAsia.

Developers from all overthe world flocked to the townof Makuhari outside theJapanese capital to showcasetheir latest offerings as theworld readied for Friday's firstsales of the iPhone 5.

Even the upcoming launchof faster, slicker and more ca-pacious versions of Sony'sPlayStation and Nintendo'sWii U, set to go head-to-headin the run-up to Christmas,could not take the spotlight offthe ever-improving world ofsmartphone gaming.

"iTunes store has been themain provider of games forsmartphones, but now you candownload games that you usedto play at shopping mall ar-cades on this Android phone,"said Tetsuya Kamoto at SonyMobile's Xperia booth.

The industry event openeda day before the iPhone 5 de-buts in the United States,Canada, Britain, France, Ger-many, Australia, Hong Kong,Singapore and Japan.

The latest model of Apple's

Funds needed to halt Sierra Leone cholera spread: Red CrossGENEVA (AFP) - The Red Cross on Thursday said there was an urgent need for morefunds to help contain the biggest cholera epidemic in Sierra Leone in decades, whichso far has killed at least 273 people. Whereas the disease usually appears at the start ofthe rainy season in June or July, this year cases were reported at the beginning of theyear and have spread rapidly in the densely-populated capital Freetown. Poor hygieneand living conditions have contributed to the spread, leaving thousands stricken withvomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps and overwhelming Sierra Leone's health sys-tem. The IFRC said the funds requested Thursday would be enough to help more than3.5 million people directly or indirectly affected by the outbreak over the next six months.The Red Cross said it had deployed more than 700 volunteers "to work with communitiesat risk and provide cholera awareness and hygiene promotion activities."


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look was "the most gloomysince early-2009," with the"gloom clearly reflected inheadcounts falling at thefastest rate since January 2010as companies seek to adjust toweaker demand".

At the same time, the surveyreported company costs rising-- mainly through energy prices-- despite weak global demandbringing output prices down.

Some good news camefrom an easing in the rate ofcontraction in Germany,though the rate of decline ac-celerated markedly in France.

Germany's composite PMIcame in 49.7, up markedlyfrom 47.0 in August, with im-provement in both the servicesand manufacturing sectors.

However, the halt to the pri-vate sector downturn seems tohave a fragile veneer, given thereliance on pipeline projectsover new business to stabiliseoutput.

The French compositeindex plunged to 44.1 points inSeptember, its lowest readingin over three years, from 48.0in August.

Markit said surveys inFrance revealed acceleratedfalls in output in both servicesand manufacturing, with themanufacturing subindex alsoat a 41-month low of 42.6points.

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Eurozoneprivate sector business activitydeclined for an eighth straightmonth in September, hitting itsgloomiest patch in three yearsas French activity plunged, asurvey showed yesterday.

The closely-watched Pur-chasing Managers Index(PMI), a survey of 5,000 euro-zone businesses compiled byMarkit research firm and a keyforward-looking indicator,came in at 45.9 points, downfrom 46.3 in July.

Any reading below 50 indi-cates contraction in activity.

Taken together with pre -vious months the data sug-gested "the worst quarter forthree years," Chris William -son, Markit chief economistsaid in a statement.

He tipped a 0.6 percent con-traction in gross domesticproduct for the quarter, whichwould confirm a return to re-cession.

"We had hoped that thenews regarding the ECB's inter-vention to alleviate the debt cri-sis would have lifted businessconfidence, but instead senti-ment appears to have taken aturn for the worse," Williamsonsaid, referring to plans by theEuropean Central Bank to buybonds issued by struggling eu-rozone governments.

He said the business out-

by, respectively, 890 or 1.9percent to 45,625 and 462 or7.2 percent to 5,994. In theLatin American market thepattern of growth was mainlysustained by an expansion of1,503 or 29.3 percent to 6,630visitors from Venezuela. In ad-dition, a notable surge was reg-istered in tourist arrivals fromCuraçao and other DutchCaribbean islands, where anupturn of 1,107 or 63 percentto 2,865 visitors was recordedduring May 2012, compared tothe same month of 2011. Thisgrowth could be in part as-cribed to the Soul Beach Festi-val event. Cruise tourism noteda sharp drop, as 7,251 (-47 per-cent) fewer cruise visitors dis-embarked on Aruba’s port, duemainly to a change in ship itin-eraries in that month, com-pared to May 2011. Thenumber of ship calls fell to 3 inMay 2012 compared to 14 ayear earlier.

In May 2012 tax revenueregistered a decline of Afl.10.1 million or 12 percent toAfl. 76.7 million, compared tothe same month of the previ-ous year, due mainly to de-creases in income from profittax and excises on gasoline of,respectively, Afl. 9.6 million (-55.8 percent) and Afl. 5.1 mil-lion (-52.6 percent). Revenuefrom turnover tax (BBO) re-mained unchanged, while thatfrom foreign exchange tax fellslightly by Afl. 0.3 million toAfl. 3.4 million. In contrast,non-tax revenue went up byAfl. 2.8 million in May 2012compared to the same monthof last year.

consumer credit rose by, re-spectively, Afl. 2.1 million(+0.2 percent), and Afl. 1.6million (+0.3 percent) .

The consumer price index(CPI) for May 2012 registereda 1.4 percent increase, com-pared to the same month of2011. The main contributors tothis rise were housing, fooditems, and transport. Excludingthe effect of food and energy(which partly affects the hous-ing and transport components),the core CPI showed a 0.1 per-cent decrease compared toMay 2011, brought about bydeclines in the index categoriesof clothing, household opera-tion (i.e., glassware, textiles,and furniture), and recreationand culture (i.e., personal com-puters and television costs).The 12-month average infla-tion rate reached 5.2 percent inMay 2012.

The number of stay-overvisitors totaled 66,057 in May2012, 1.2 percent higher thanin May 2011. This rise wascaused by an increase of 1,024or 10.2 percent in the numberof visitors from Latin Ameri-can. In contrast, the number ofvisitors from the North Ameri-can and European markets fell

ORANJESTAD -- The Cen-trale Bank van Aruba (CBA)concluded in its Monthly Bul-letin of May 2012 that broadmoney expanded by Afl. 63.6million to Afl. 3,216.0 million,resulting from an Afl. 76.3 mil-lion rise in net domestic assets.Net foreign assets (excludingrevaluation differences of goldand foreign exchange hold-ings), on the other hand, fell byAfl. 12.6 million to Afl.1,194.7 million. The rise in thedomestic component of themoney supply reflected in-creases in both domestic creditand non-credit related balancesheet items of, respectively,Afl. 68.4 million and Afl. 7.9million. The surge in domesticcredit was caused by an Afl.70.0 million rise in the net lia-bility of the public sector to thebanking sector, resulting froman Afl. 45.0 million issue oftreasury bills, and the drawingdown of government’s bankbalances by Afl 24.9 million.In contrast, claims of the bank-ing sector on the private sectordropped by Afl. 1.6 million (-0.1 percent), following a Afl.4.8 million (-0.4 percent) de-crease in commercial loans,while housing mortgages and


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The Blue Water Cove, a longtime seafood restaurant inAnderson, closed its doors yesterday after more than20 years serving fish and chips and locally renownedclam chowder. Its owners blame the economy for a slow-down in business

Slowdown of business

hurt restaurants

PMI: Eurozone business

activity gloomiest in three

years

24,000 people received the in-vitation, of whom 2,400 al-ready responded that theywould come to Haren, popula-tion 18,000, for the party.

The paper said the Harentown council has dusted offemergency plans should itsleafy residential streets be"flooded by party-goers."

Several websites have al-ready sprung up dedicated tothe party and referring to 2012US teen film "Project X" --about a suburban birthdayparty getting out of controlafter an invitation goes viral.

One site referred to Friday'sparty as "Project X Haren",counting down the seconds tothe event and claiming150,000 people have been in-vited. It also published theparty's address, adding "By allmeans bring some friends!"

But police have posted onthe same site: "This is an ur-gent call by police and thetown council. Do not come toHaren on Friday night. Policeare ready to stop any disorder”.

ship in March 2011.Pique, a center-back for FC

Barcelona, will be out for twoto three weeks after hurting hisleft foot in his side's 3-2 win athome to Spartak Moscow inthe Champions League, theclub announced earlier.

The pregnancy announce-ment comes as Shakira's for-mer boyfriend and agentAntonio de la Rua of Ar-gentina is suing her over con-tracts that were pending aftertheir 2010 breakup.

Colombian media say De laRua, son of a former president,sued her seeking $250 millionand real estate they shared dur-ing their 11-year relationship

Shakira is also a known hu-manitarian, She’s behind theUS-based Barefoot Foundation,a global effort that aims to makeuniversal education a reality fordisadvantaged children, and haspartnered with the United Na-tions Children's Fund, orUNICEF, and the Global Cam-paign for Education.

BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombianpop star Shakira confirmedthat she is pregnant with topSpanish football player GerardPique's baby, their first.

Stories speculating that thesinger, who famouslyrollerbladed around a beach ina bikini top for her musicvideo "Loca," would soon be-come a mother have been goneviral in Latin American mediafor weeks.

"As some of you may know,Gerard and I are very happyawaiting the arrival of our firstbaby!" Shakira said in a state-ment on her website.

"At this time, we have de-cided to give priority to thisunique moment in our livesand postpone all the promo-tional activities planned overthe next few days."

The Grammy award-win-ning diva did not indicatewhen the baby is due to beborn.

This will be the first childfor Shakira, 35, and Pique, 25,who confirmed their relation-


Shakira, footballer Gerard Pique expectingfirst child

own party to entertain, andcontain, the overflow.

"She posted the invitationon Facebook and sent it tofriends, who then sent it toother friends and soon it spreadlike wildfire across the Inter-net," Groningen police spokes-woman Melanie Zwama toldAFP.

"Now thousands of peoplehave indicated that they mightbe attending," she said,adding: "We are taking extrameasures, but what they areI'm not at liberty to tell you."

Dutch mass-market dailyDe Telegraaf reported that

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Policein a sleepy Dutch town bracedThursday for an invasion ofparty-goers after a teenager'sbirthday invite on Facebookwent viral, prompting thou-sands of replies.

Officers in Haren near thenorthern city of Groningenwere on high alert after theschoolgirl posted a messageinviting friends to her 16thbirthday party on Friday, butforgot to mark it as a privateevent.

The situation is potentiallyso out of control that authori-ties are mulling holding their

Dutch police brace after teen's Facebookparty goes viral

writer Christopher Hitchens.Friday's ceremony in the

Big Apple comes 10 days be-fore a legal appeal for thethree Pussy Riot memberswho were sentenced to twoyears in jail for a performanceagainst Russian PresidentVladimir Putin in an Orthodoxcathedral.

The other recipients of theLennon-Ono award for 2012are John Perkins, the activistand author of "Confessions ofan Economic Hit Man," andan as yet undisclosed fifth"equally important activist."

All five winners are to behonored at a ceremony inReykjavik, Iceland on October9, according to the award'swebsite.

NEW YORK (AFP) - YokoOno, the artist and widow ofBeatles musician and song-writer John Lennon, will be-stow a peace award in thecouple's name to Pussy Riot,the Russian punk rockers, inNew York.

The biennial Lennon-OnoGrant for Peace will be givento Pyotr Verzilov, the husbandof jailed Pussy Riot memberNadia Tolokonnikova, said theglobal rights group AmnestyInternational.

The peace award is to beshared between the Russianband and four others, includ-ing Rachel Corrie, the Ameri-can activist crushed to deathby an Israeli bulldozer inRafah in 2003, and the late

Lennon widow Ono togive peace award toPussy Riot


caterers, airline pick-up anddrop-off; they even boast ashopping service to stockyour shelves before arrival.

Gold Coast accommoda-tions are elegant and spa-cious, offering privacy for

parents or a few couples.Beautifully appointedkitchens and bathrooms graceeach abode; barbecues andlounges are provided forfriendly cookouts and trulysavoring the island life. All

homes come with cable TV,high-speed fiber-optic Inter-net connection, individualwasher/dryer, and are fullyair-conditioned. Cribs, highchairs and hair dryers areavailable for a modest fee.

Concierge ser vices to arrangerental cars, spa appointments,activities and restaurant reser-vations are all part of thepackage.

Check-in for your holidayescape is conducted in thecomfort of your vacationhome, not while waiting online at check-in desk. In everyway, Gold Coast seeks topamper their guests whileproviding them with the feel-ing of being in a cozy com-munity, not the normallybustling resort, particularlyexperienced during the majorholidays. If you wish an opti-mal vacation experience withgreat savings, visit their web-site: www.goldcoastaruba.com to get acquainted withthe community and the lay-out, details and availability ofaccommodations, or call 586-2200 to talk personally to aGold Coast representative.

Aruba’s newest and most in-novative gated communityhas enjoyed steady sales sincebreaking ground, as many arefinding the secure surround-ings and outstanding ameni-ties are just what they werelooking for before conside -ring purchasing property onthe island. Some owners areusing the villas or townhomes as vacation retreatsrather than full time and aretaking advantage of GoldCoast’s rental services to turntheir investment into ready in-come.

“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the is-land,” noted Gold Coast de-veloper Fito Croes. To assistin the demand for more com-plete facilities for groupsand fa mi- lies, famed hote-lier Ed Ma-lone has beenplaced in charge of the rentalprogram.

Staying at Gold Coast isa very attractive propositionfor those traveling withgroups that would requiremultiple hotel rooms. Twoand three bedroom Villas orTown Homes accommodatelarge numbers and offer ex-tensive amenities along witha final cost resulting in con-siderable savings. The com-munity is minutes to the bestbeaches and all the casinoaction, and offers a quiet andsecluded getaway with twoswimming pools and spe-cialized services with moreon the way, such as a fitnessroom, tennis courts andmini-mall. Ed can arrangemaid service, babysitters,

Gold Coast Aruba:Great savings for large familieson holiday rentals

A favorite stop for a greatburger for lunch or dinner hasjust expanded their hours andmenu to offer some of thebest breakfast bargains to befound in Palm Beach. Own-ers Aaron and Rosie Wali-sever are living their dream:a home on paradise whilewelcoming all and sundry totheir proud undertaking, 5

Burgers Aruba. The couple’sfanatical dedication to givingtheir customers what they re-ally want has resulted in aunique menu from an interna-tionally known franchisewith a “5”, which now in-cludes breakfast.

“You never get a secondchance to make a first im-pression,” believes Aaron.Upon entering 5 BurgersAruba in The Village Mall inPalm Beach, one is struck byutterly spotless surroundingsand a smiling, friendly, atten-tive service crew. Of course,the main item on the menu isburgers-the way they weremeant to be, thick and juicy,made fresh daily and 100%pure beef, the kind that madethe hamburger a traditionalAmerican treat.

However, beginning at 7a.m., patrons can now order 2eggs any style, (omelets with3 fillings are $7.99) toast andcoffee with unlimited refillsfor the special introductoryprice of only $3.99, or All-you-can-eat pancakes, for$6.99, again, with free refillson fresh coffee. Breakfast isserved until 11 a.m. Famousfor their fries made from

fresh potatoes, Aaron hasbeen working for months ondevising the most irresistiblehome fries recipe, chunkyand tender with skins still on;after much testing and tast-ing, he got the thumbs upfrom his harshest critic,Rosie; so this is another treatyou have to try.

A glance at their burgermenu will certainly temptyou to return for lunch ordinner, to sample their fa-mous specialty items suchas the Gouda, Farmer’s orMan Burger (almost 12ounces of choice beef), anda Western Burger withAarons’ secret-recipecrispy onion rings. All ofthese can be personalizedwith an incredible array oftoppings, (mushrooms,jala-peño peppers, bacon,cheese, lettuce, tomato…whatever, the list goes on)at absolutely no extra cost.

5 Burger portions areENORMOUS! Aaron sug-gests that even their smallserving of fries is enough tobe shared by two. He wasvery amused to watch a fa-mous French chef demon-strating the best way to makefried potatoes on a gourmetcooking show and could onlycomment “He stole myrecipe!”

Try them the English way-with vinegar, and you’ll won-der how you ever ate frieswithout it. This same 5-starchef also swears by Gouda asthe best topping for the idealgourmet cheeseburger.

5 Burgers is now openearly until 10-ish at night; de-livery is available to both thehigh-rise and low-rise hoteland beach district at nowextra cost for orders over$50. Enjoy a great lunchwithout ever leaving thebeach by calling 586-3904.However, we suggest youstop by and enjoy their au-thentic, heartfelt hospitality;it is not unusual for eitherowner to sit and chat, sharingtheir knowledge of the islandwhile making sure patronsare happy with their meal.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa stadium.Levi hit six boundaries off

43 balls, while Amla hit threeoff his 33 deliveries.

Earlier Zimbabwe failedagainst a ruthless SouthAfrican pace quartet, led byKallis and Morne Morkel.

Craig Ervine top-scoredwith 37, and added 35 for thefourth wicket with Stuart Mat-sikenyeri (11), to help Zim-babwe just avoid their lowesttotal of 84 in all Twenty20 in-ternationals, made againstNew Zealand in 2010.

Morne Morkel dismissedVusi Sibanda (nought) andBrendan Taylor (four) in hisfirst two overs before Kallispolished off the middle-orderwith the wickets of Mat-sikenyeri and Elton Chigum-bura off successive deliveriesin his first over.

He then dismissed GraemeCremer (six) and Ervine to im-prove on Morne Morkel's 4-17against New Zealand in 2007which was the previous bestbowling by a South African ina Twenty20 match.

Hosts Sri Lanka, who beatZimbabwe by 82 runs, playSouth Africa in the final GroupC match on Saturday.

The top two teams fromeach of the four groups willadvance to the Super Eightsround.

HAMBANTOTA (AFP) -Jacques Kallis recorded thebest Twenty20 figures for hiscountry to inspire South Africato a convincing 10-wicket winover Zimbabwe in a Group Cmatch at Hambantota.

The 36-year-old allroundergrabbed 4-15 and was wellsupported by Morne Morkel's2-16 as Zimbabwe were keptdown to 93-8 -- their secondlowest total in all Twenty20internationals -- after theywere put into bat.

Openers Richard Levi thennotched 50 not out andHashim Amla an unbeaten 32to knock off the low target inthe 12.4 overs to cap a com-fortable victory for one of thetitle favourites in this 12-teamcompetition.

The defeat meant Zim-babwe becomes the first teamto go out of the tournamentafter a one-sided matchwatched by just 1,000 fans in

Tottenham also left goallessat home to Lazio.

Liverpool captain StevenGerrard, goalkeeper JoseReina, striker Luis Suarez,first-choice defenders GlenJohnson, Martin Skrtel,Daniel Agger and Welsh in-ternational midfield play-maker Joe Allen all remainedbehind on Merseyside forThursday's trip to Switzer-land.

Reigning Europa Leaguechampions Atletico Madridkicked off the defence oftheir title with a convincing3-0 victory over Israeli clubHapoel Tel-Aviv.

Goals from Cristian Ro-driguez and Diego Costa inthe first half, allied by a thirdfrom Raul Garcia in the sec-ond period, saw the Spanishclub stretch their Europeanwinning streak to 14 matches.

In Turkey, controversialEnglish midfielder Joey Bar-ton -- still ineligible forleague action following a banpicked up last season, madehis debut for Marseille,whom he has joined on loanfrom Queens Park Rangers.

And it turned out to be amemorable night as thesouthern French clubsnatched a dramatic 2-2 drawwith Fenerbahce, althoughBarton was substituted in the71st minute with the score at2-0.

"He blended well with theother players," said Marseillecoach Elie Baup of Barton.

"He tried to play his owngame and be clean with hispassing. It's fundamental inour team to give as few ballsaway as possible and he wassuccessful in this."

Inter Milan needed a stop-page time equaliser fromJapan full-back Yuto Na-gatomo to salvage a 2-2 drawat home to Russian sideRubin Kazan.

Thursday, but held on to wina thrilling match 5-3.

The Merseyside giantswere the only winners on thenight with Newcastle held 0-0 at Maritimo in Portugal and

PARIS (AFP) - Liverpoolnearly paid the price for field-ing a near second-string sidefor their Europa LeagueGroup A opener with Swissside Young Boys in Bern on


Football: Liverpool win goalthriller, Spurs, Newcastle held

SPORTS

Cricket: South Africasend Zimbabwe out ofWorld Twenty20

Chavez Jnr fell to 46-1-1after judges awarded Mar-tinez, 50-2-2, the victory byscores of 118-109, 118-109and 117-110.

Chavez was arrested on adrunken driving charge lastJanuary just two weeks beforea successful title defense. Hereached a plea deal in that casethree months ago that includedthree years of probation.

Pre-fight test results havenot yet been received by Ne-vada officials, who Arumplans to seek leniency frombecause marijuana is a recre-ational drug and not a per-formance-enhancing substnce.

Arum told the Times thatChavez Jnr smoked marijuanato help him sleep but that sucha benefit did not make theMexican a dope cheat.


purse from the bout from theNevada authorities.

A factor that will weigh intoconsideration of Chavez Jnr'spunishment is a prior positivedoping test for the Mexican inNevada.

In 2009, he tested positivefor a diuretic and was hit witha seven-month ban as well asstripped of a victory and fined$10,000 -- 10 percent of thatfight's paycheck.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Mexico's Julio Cesar ChavezJnr tested positive for mari-juana after losing his WorldBoxing Council middleweightcrown to Argentina's SergioMartinez, promoter Bob Arumtold reporters.

The Mexican fighter facesup to a one-year suspension orpossible revocation of his box-ing license and a fine thatcould take all of his $3 million

Boxing: Chavez Jnr tests positive formarijuana - reports

1972. But the club's manage-ment still has faith in Fink.

"We are totally convincedof his work. He will get histime," said club chairmanCarl-Edgar Jarchow.

Friday evening's matchsees Nuremberg play EintrachtFrankfurt, with the newly-pro-moted side's coach Armin Veh,who guided VfB Stuttgart tothe 2007 Bundesliga crown,upbeat after three straight winsin the opening games.

"I would be disappointednow if we don't win the cham-pionship," Veh joked in an in-terview with Kicker magazine.Veh will have his sights set onstopping Nuremberg's Japan-ese star Hiroshi Kiyotake. Themidfielder has delivered threeassists and a goal in his lasttwo matches and helpedNuremberg to seven points.

The other Saturday gamessee VfL Wolfsburg hostGreuther Fuerth; Augsburgplay at Mainz 05 in a battle ofteams with just one point; andFreiburg heading to FortunaDuesseldorf, the only team notto have conceded a goal thisseason.

On Sunday, Bayer Lev-erkusen host BorussiaMoenchengladbach; WerderBremen welcome VfBStuttgart and Hanover 96travel to last place Hoffen-heim.

an ankle injury in the victoryover Olympiakos, while Bay-ern coach Jupp Heynckes isexpected to continue rotatinghis players, with strength indepth.

Like fourth-placed Schalke,Dortmund have seven points.They are playing on Saturdayat struggling Hamburg, whoare second-to-last in the tableafter three defeats in threematches.

Dortmund needed a lategoal by Robert Lewandowskito grab a 1-0 win at home overAjax Amsterdam to kick offtheir Champions League cam-paign.

And coach Juergen Kloppwill now analyse how the mid-field duo of Mario Goetze andMarco Reus performed and ifhe wants to line them up to-gether in Hamburg.

"We will have a lot of workbefore it works perfectly," ad-mitted Reus.

Hamburg coach ThorstenFink meanwhile said the Bun-desliga champions were com-ing at exactly the perfect time.

"We are the underdogs onSaturday and we can only sur-prise in a positive manner,"said Fink. "If I am given thetime, we will move up thetable."

The last time Hamburg hadzero points after three matcheswas way back in September


Football:

Chelsea's Mikel sayssorry for

costly blunder LONDON (AFP) - Nigeria

midfielder John Obi Mikel has

apologised for the Champions

League blunder that allowed

Juventus to snatch a 2-2 draw

against holders Chelsea.

With just 10 minutes remain-

ing at Stamford Bridge on

Wednesday, Chelsea were on

course to open their title de-

fence with a victory after two

goals from Brazil midfielder

Oscar gave them a 2-1 lead

over the Italian champions.

But Mikel carelessly sur-

rendered possession with a

wayward pass and Chelsea's

defenders failed to respond as

Claudio Marchisio played

Fabio Quagliarella into space

for the equaliser.

"If I want to make up an

excuse, I can," Mikel said.

"But, for me, I gave the ball

away. I put my hands up, we

move on.

"I'm sorry about the mis-

take, but there are no excuses."

It could have been even

worse for Chelsea as

Quagliarella hit the crossbar

with a looping shot just after

his equaliser.

Blues boss Roberto Di

Matteo was frustrated with the

way his team lost control after

taking a two-goal lead, but he

could at least take heart from

Oscar's virtuoso display on his

first start for his new club.

Oscar arrived from Interna-

cional for £25 million in the

close-season and he under-

lined his vast potential with a

sublime second goal on

Wednesday that saw him turn

away from two Juventus

markers with a sublime flick

before unleashing a curling

shot that flashed past Gian-

luigi Buffon.

It was an early contender

for goal of the season and

Oscar, 21, admitted he was de-

lighted to have made such a

big impact in his first Champi-

ons League appearance.

"I was very happy to score

my first goal in the Champions

League and my first goal at

Chelsea," he said.

Meanwhile Mikel was

forced to close his Twitter ac-

count after suffering a barrage

of racist abuse prompted by

his costly mistake.

BERLIN (AFP) - Schalke 04are hoping to come out on topagainst Bayern Munich thisweekend, buoyed by victory intheir Champions Leagueopener against Olympiakos.

The Gelsenkirchen clubbeat the Greek side 2-1 onTuesday but go into the matchknowing that they failed totake a point from Bayern lastseason and also came awayempty-handed from ties witheventual champions BorussiaDortmund.

Manager Horst Heldt saidfinding weaknesses in theBayern line-up was alwaystough but unlike in the lastcampaign, when they lost 2-0twice, they needed to be deci-

sive against the currentleague-leaders.

"We were disappointedwith how we played in the biggames last season, with the ex-ception of the home gameagainst Dortmund (which theylost 2-1)," said Heldt.

"But in Dortmund andtwice against Bayern we didn'thave any courage. You can'twin anything like that. Ofcourse it's important to see toit that the team plays in a dif-ferent manner.

"After all we're playingagainst one of the favouritesfor the championship."

Schalke go into the gamewith a doubt over midfielderJermaine Jones, who suffered

Football: Schalke hope to overcome rotatingBayern

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